Austrian DH8D at Nuremberg on Jan 15th 2016, flaps problem

Last Update: January 20, 2016 / 22:51:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 15, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
LX-1192

Aircraft Registration
OE-LGP

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

An Austrian Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400 on behalf of Swiss, registration OE-LGP performing flight LX-1192 from Zurich (Switzerland) to Nuremberg (Germany), was on final approach to Nuremberg when the crew went around reporting a problem with the flaps. The aircraft entered a hold while the crew worked the related checklists and prepared for a landing at a higher speed than normal due to reduced flaps. The aircraft landed safely at a higher than normal speed about 30 minutes later.

The return flight LX-1193 was cancelled.

A passenger reported the captain announced a malfunction of the flaps, they'd need to re-compute the performance and landing distance. Some time later the captain announced that the runway was long enough and they would now commence a new approach. The aircraft landed successfully, during roll out and taxiing off the runway the passenger noticed that snow ploughs were departing the runway area, quite obviously there had been a snow removal just prior to their landing.

The airline told Austrianwings that the crew received a "Flaps Power Caution Light" and went around preparing for a new approach with reduced flaps setting and higher than normal speed and longer than usual roll out. Emergency services would not have been needed from the view of the airline, however, priority is safety first.

The occurrence aircraft was able to resume service 49 hours after landing but suffered another similiar occurrence on the next flight, see Incident: Austrian DH8D at Zurich on Jan 17th 2016, stuck flaps.

Metars:
EDDN 151920Z 29005KT 6000 -SN BKN007 00/M00 Q1010 R28/299093 TEMPO 4000
EDDN 151850Z 28007KT 6000 -SN BKN008 00/M00 Q1010 R28/299093 TEMPO 4000
EDDN 151820Z 27009KT 4800 -SN BKN009 00/M00 Q1009 R28/490193 BECMG 6000
EDDN 151750Z 26009KT 4800 -SN BKN009 00/M00 Q1009 R28/490193 BECMG 6000
EDDN 151720Z 27012KT 8000 -SN FEW008 BKN013 00/M00 Q1009 R28/490193 NOSIG
EDDN 151650Z 26011KT 3500 -SN SCT008 BKN013 M00/M00 Q1008 R28/490193 BECMG 6000
EDDN 151620Z 25008KT 4000 -SN SCT006 BKN013 M00/M00 Q1008 R28/490193 BECMG 6000
EDDN 151550Z 25009KT 4000 -SN SCT006 BKN014 M00/M01 Q1008 R28/490193 BECMG 6000
EDDN 151520Z 24010KT 1100 R28/P2000N SN SCT005 BKN013 M00/M01 Q1008 R28/420194 BECMG 6000 NSW
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 15, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
LX-1192

Aircraft Registration
OE-LGP

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

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