ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220547
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Date: | Saturday 22 December 2018 |
Time: | |
Type: | ATR 72-600 (72-212A) |
Owner/operator: | Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras |
Registration: | PR-AQZ |
MSN: | 1241 |
Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 60 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Category: | Serious incident |
Location: | Over Alagoas State -
Brazil
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC/SBRF) |
Destination airport: | Maceió-Zumbi dos Palmares Airport, AL (MCZ/SBMO) |
Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft took off from Guararapes airport (SBRF), Recife, to Zumbi dos Palmares airport (SBMO), Maceió as flight AD2824. During the descent, the crew reported hearing a noise and observing sparks and smoke in the rack behind the copilot. The crew declared an emergency and worked the appropriate checklist. The landing at SBMO was normal.
The aircraft was back in service 24 hours after the incident.
Contributing factors.
- Manufacturing – undetermined.
It is possible that the overheating and subsequent melting of capacitor C601 was related to the quality of the material or processes used in its production, in order to meet the design specifications, or related to the printed circuit board installation procedure on the inverter.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/event/incident-grave-de-latr-72-immatricule-pr-aqz-et-exploite-par-azul-linhas-aereas-survenu-le-221220/ https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/pr-aqz#1ef57191 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Jan-2019 08:33 |
harro |
Added |
05-Jan-2019 08:34 |
harro |
Updated [Nature, Narrative] |
05-Jan-2019 14:35 |
harro |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
09-Jan-2019 17:16 |
cleberjc |
Updated [Total occupants, Location] |
24-Jul-2020 13:11 |
harro |
Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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