Kip Powick Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Let me urge you to look out the right window. --- Don't look out the left window. In fact, please pull the window shades on the left side of the airplane closed,........ without looking out. By the way, we are offering unlimited bar service at no cost for the remainder of the flight. Hmmmmmmm...a teal engine cover...could it be W......Naaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 OK, where are the AMEs when we need them What type of engine is this and what aircraft mount it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozerboy Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 heres my guess International Aero Engine on an A320 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 We may have a hit. Unit on the side of the engine appears to be the same but of course I don't know dick about the newer powerplants... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Let me urge you to look out the right window. --- Don't look out the left window. In fact, please pull the window shades on the left side of the airplane closed,........ without looking out. By the way, we are offering unlimited bar service at no cost for the remainder of the flight. Hmmmmmmm...a teal engine cover...could it be W......Naaaa Kip: must be an A320. Damage looks the same as shown below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex 9A Guy Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 It is an Air Tran A320. It is not the right colour cowl for WJ. On July 13, 2004, about 1200 eastern daylight time, an Airbus Industrie A320-233, N951LF, operated by Ryan International Airlines, Inc., as AirTran Airways Flight 4, returned for landing after a portion of the left engine cowling separated from the airplane . . . According to the captain, immediately after takeoff, the lead flight attendant called to inform him that a passenger reported seeing a cover come off the left engine. The captain received no cockpit indications of a problem, and the captain instructed the lead flight attendant to look out the window and verify. The captain stated he felt the airplane "shutter," and he contacted air traffic control and requested to return for landing. The lead flight attendant confirmed to the captain the left engine cowling was missing. The captain stated the No. 1 engine oil quantity indicator illuminated amber, and he declared an emergency. The engine continued to operate normally, and the flight returned for landing without further incident. Preliminary examination of the airplane revealed both sides of the left engine cowling were separated, the left engine pylon was bent up, aft, and inboard; and the left wing slat outboard of the engine nacelle displayed an approximate 12-inch area with dent and puncture damage. The Union City Police Department retrieved the inboard side of the left engine cowling from a dirt roadway approximately 7.5 nautical miles west southwest of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Airport authorities found the outboard side of the left engine cowling in the grass beside runway 27R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Izzit gonna take blood for Airbus to redesign those cowl latches? For now, we just blame the engineer. Or the pilot who "neglected" his/her walkaround. C3 lost a 330 cowl exYVR a few years back and almost immediately instituted a dual-signature requirement anytime a cowling was opened. My European operators still don't require anything similar. Are not most of the incidents related above European (with the obvious exception of Skyservice)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted November 22, 2004 Author Share Posted November 22, 2004 I don't doubt it was operated by who you have stated but the lettering looks like Skyservice Could it be a leased Skyservice aircraft ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Official Report Summary Skyservice Airlines flight SSV960, an Airbus A320 aircraft, serial number 496, was departing from runway 23 at Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport, on a domestic charter flight to Edmonton, Alberta. At 1613 eastern daylight time, the take-off run was started and considered normal until the aircraft rotated. At this point, there was a loud bang and simultaneous shudder of the aircraft. The master caution chimed; however, no electronic centralized aircraft monitoring messages were displayed. At 1500 feet above ground level, the electronic centralized aircraft monitoring began to display numerous faults related to the left engine (International Aero Engine V2500). The flight crew declared an emergency and made an immediate return to Toronto for an overweight landing on the runway from which they had just departed. During the landing roll, the captain navigated the aircraft around several pieces of debris on the runway, which were later identified as the fan cowlings of the left engine. After an inspection by emergency response services crew, the aircraft returned to the gate where the passengers deplaned normally. No one was injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AME Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Aircraft: AirTran Airbus A320-233 Location: Inflight USA - Connecticut Registration/Date: N951LF 2004 Photographer: Tal Erickson Contact Tal Erickson http://www.jetphotos.net/index.php Go to the link and search "Airtran" and "A320" and you'll see the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted November 22, 2004 Author Share Posted November 22, 2004 Ahaaa!!! RATTLER......Thanks for that report, makes sense now...... but could be two different aircraft, the AirTrans at the top photo and the one in the middle of this thread being Skyservice ...No ??? In fact that is the case, just checked both "files"...very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Def two different aircraft, I was responding to your whimsical question re the "teal" coloured one being WJ and of course they don't as yet have any Airbus aircraft. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 Shoot...AC had one depart an A340 and it took out the horizontal stab. I saw Airbus deliver the new one in the Super Transporter in YYZ. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrlupin Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 That actually looks like an america west A320.They have the V2500 engines and thay have had fan cowl incidents. Lupin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 Shoot...AC had one depart an A340 and it took out the horizontal stab. I saw Airbus deliver the new one in the Super Transporter in YYZ. B No, it was a A319. And Air Canada now requires a double signature for cowl closings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted November 23, 2004 Author Share Posted November 23, 2004 That actually looks like an america west A320.They have the V2500 engines and thay have had fan cowl incidents. Lupin Close...... but America West has a red ring around the front of the nacelle. Does look like they got a special deal on the teal paint though..AirTrans used the same color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted November 23, 2004 Author Share Posted November 23, 2004 Methinks you have not read the entire thread. That it was AirTrans was posted up above. Check my Ahaaaa post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canus Chinookus Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 white cowls... white... at least on the 700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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