# Incident 20000430016579I: Airbus A320231, Liberal, KS, April 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2000, 03:45 local time
- Place: Liberal, KS
- Airport: Liberal Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 37.0461° N, 100.9277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Liberal, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0461&lon=-100.9277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N631AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N631AW-2016-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-231 (registry code 3930325, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320231
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000430016579I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)FLIGHT WAS IN CRUISE AT A FL IN LOW 30'S, APPROX. 40 NM E OF LBL, WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE. IMMEDIATE LOSS OF 4,000 FEET.  NEAREST THUNDERSTORM CELL WAS APPROX. 30 MILES AWAY.  FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED DUE TO UNRESOLVED ECAM MESSAGES (DOORS, FLT CONTROLS, ELAC 2 PITCH FAULT) AND POSSIBLE INJURIES.  AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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