# Incident 20090623047929I: Airbus A330-323, June 23, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2009, 03:00 local time
- Airport: Hong Kong International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Aircraft: N805NW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N805NW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A330-323 (registry code 3940030, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a330-323) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330-323
- Reported engine: P&W PW4000 SER
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA09IA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09IA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090623047929I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 23, 2009, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 8, A AIRBUS A330-323, REGISTRATION N805NW, ENCOUNTERED IN MODERATE PRECIP AT 390. AIRSPEED ROLLED BACK TO 80KTS/INDICATED. A/P & A/T DISENGAGED WITH FOLLOWING FAULTS.  NAV ADR DISENGAGE, RUD TRV LIM, F/C ALT LAW REACTIVE WINDSHEAR.  A SHORT TIME LATER INDICATIONS RETURNED TO NORMAL.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN HONG KONG AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT ITS DESTINATION IN NARITA, JAPAN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA09IA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09IA064), Jun 23, 2009: Airbus A330-323 (N805NW), Kagoshima, Japan, incident, no damage. Probable cause: Brief and temporary blockage of the pitot probes in cruise flight, most likely due to ice crystals aloft, leading to erroneous airspeed indications and airplane automation degradation as designed.…

## Other reports on N805NW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20051126033509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051126033509I), Nov 26, 2005: Airbus A330323 (N805NW), Detroit, MI. (-23) On November 26, 2005, on approach into Detroit metropolitan airport (dtw) nwaa flt. 31, an Airbus A-330 aircraft us registered as N805NW had a nose…

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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