| Date: | Saturday 8 June 2013 |
| Time: | 08:06 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-232 |
| Owner/operator: | Wizz Air |
| Registration: | HA-LWM |
| MSN: | 5021 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5836 hours |
| Cycles: | 2560 flights |
| Engine model: | IAE V2527-A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 171 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bucharest-Henri Coanda International Airport (OTP/LROP) |
| Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA/LIRA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An Airbus A320 of Wizz Air was damaged in a landing accident at Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO). There were 165 passengers and five crew members on board. Three occupants were injured.
Flight W6-3141 departed Bucharest-Henri Coanda International Airport (OTP) about 06:45 hours local time (03:45 UTC) on an international passenger flight to Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA).
The flight was approaching Ciampino Airport's runway 15 about 07:20 local time (05:20 UTC) when the crew encountered problems getting the undercarriage down and locked. A Master Warning occurred and a message was shown on the Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring (ECAM) display, which indicated "L/G GEAR NOT DOWNLOCKED".
The crew flew a missed approach procedure and headed to an area north of Rome were it entered a holding pattern at an altitude of 5000 feet. The crew carried out a recycle and performed a gravity extension as well as some g-force manoeuvres, but the left hand main landing gear remained stuck.
The crew decided to divert to Rome-Fiumicino.
Approaching Rome-Fiumicino Airport runway 34R at 07:58 (05:58 UTC), the aircraft was instructed by the Tower controller to go-around due to some incoherency in the information provided by the crew about the current position of the landing gear. A new approach to runway 34R was performed and the aircraft touched down on the runway at 08:06 (06:06 UTC) with the left main gear only partially extended. The flightcrew shutoff the left engine just before touchdown and the right one a few seconds later.
The aircraft came to rest after scraping the left engine on the runway for about 1200 m. An emergency evacuation was carried out.
Sources:
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