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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Airbus A320-232 · Newark, NJ · January 25, 2008

Date: January 25, 2008 · 09:57 local
Place: Newark, NJ
Airport: Newark Liberty International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: UALA
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N462UA
NTSB investigation: NTSBDCA08IA033
Reported as: Airbus A320232
Reported engine: IAE V2527A5
People aboard: 107
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 16,000 total4,966 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N462UARegistered now · Airbus Industrie A320-232S/N 1272 · Built 2000 Airframe modelAirbus Industrie A320-232 Engine modelIAE V2500SERIESTurbo-jet

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What happened

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(-23) After take off united flight 4662 had a complete electrical failure with loss of communications and instruments. Landing gear was commanded to retract but did not. The first officer's primary flight display was powered but had no airspeed or air data information. After landing the ac essential feed was selected to alternate and power was restored to the left side of the cockpit. The ram air turbine (rat) did not deploy with the power loss and there was a rat fault displayed on the electronic centralized aircraft monitoring (ecam) after power was restored. The standby attitude indicator also failed and never returned to normal.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER TAKE OFF UNITED FLIGHT 4662 HAD A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE WITH LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INSTRUMENTS. LANDING GEAR WAS COMMANDED TO RETRACT BUT DID NOT. THE FIRST OFFICER'S PRIMARY FLIGHT DISPLAY WAS POWERED BUT HAD NO AIRSPEED OR AIR DATA INFORMATION. AFTER LANDING THE AC ESSENTIAL FEED WAS SELECTED TO ALTERNATE AND POWER WAS RESTORED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE COCKPIT. THE RAM AIR TURBINE (RAT) DID NOT DEPLOY WITH THE POWER LOSS AND THERE WAS A RAT FAULT DISPLAYED ON THE ELECTRONIC CENTRALIZED AIRCRAFT MONITORING (ECAM) AFTER POWER WAS RESTORED. THE STANDBY ATTITUDE INDICATOR ALSO FAILED AND NEVER RETURNED TO NORMAL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DCA08IA033Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportNewark, NJa fault in the airplane's AC 1 electrical bus that caused a number of other electrical busses on the aircraft to lose power.Jan 25, 2008 · No damage