# Incident 20210215003889I: Airbus A321-211, Nashville, TN, February 15, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2021, 15:28 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: F3LA
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N710FR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N710FR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A321-211 (registry code 3940005, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-211) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-5B3/3 series (registry code 13101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-5b3-3-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321-211
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-5B3/3
- People aboard: 49
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210215003889I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1528LT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF FROM NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT?S RUNWAY 2L WHEN THE FLIGHT CREW DISCOVERED THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL CONTAMINATED WITH ICE AND SNOW, DESPITE HAVING UNDERGONE A TWO-STEP DEICING PROCESS.

THE CAPTAIN CANCELLED THE TAKEOFF CLEARANCE AND THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY VACATED THE RUNWAY.

FFT7011 DEPARTED THE GATE AT NASHVILLE FOR THE DEICING PAD WHERE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^CONTRACTED DEICE VENDOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE CAPTAIN TO PERFORM A TWO-STEP DEICE/ANTI-ICE PROCESS. THIS REQUEST WAS MADE TO REMOVE A LARGE ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ICE FROM THE NIGHT PRIOR.

AFTER SPRAYING THE AIRCRAFT, THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEICING CREW NOTIFIED THE CAPTAIN THAT THE DEICING PROCESS WAS COMPLETED AND REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEAR AND FREE OF ALL CONTAMINANTS.

WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT RUNWAY 2L, IT WAS CLEARED IN POSITION ON THE RUNWAY AND GIVEN A TAKEOFF CLEARANCE BY THE NASHVILLE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT). AFTER RECEIPT OF TAKEOFF CLEARANCE, THE CAPTAIN PERFORMED THE PRE-TAKEOFF CHECK.

THE CAPTAIN?S PRE-TAKEOFF CHECK INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT CLEAR OF ALL SNOW AND ICE CONTAMINATION, AND HE SUBSEQUENTLY CANCELED THE TAKEOFF CLEARANCE AND VACATED THE RUNWAY. UPON RETURNING TO THE DEICE PAD FOR A SECOND APPLICATION OF DEICE FLUID, THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEICE TRUCK RAN OUT OF TYPE I FLUID. AFTER A SECOND UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT DEICING, THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE AND THE FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED.

THIS INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ICE AND SNOW CONTAMINATION WHEN IT REACHED POSITION ON THE TAKEOFF RUNWAY. ANALYSIS INDICATED THE AMOUNT OF CONTAMINATION WOULD HAVE RENDERED THE AIRCRAFT INCAPABLE OF A SAFE TAKEOFF.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR AIRPORT PROPERTY.

NOTE: THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD (NTSB) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT BY AVP-100 	PERSONNEL, BUT ELECTED NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS INVESTIGATION.

NOTE: FOR COMPLETE INVESTIGATION DETAILS, REFER TO AVP-100 INVESTIGATION REPORT #21-19.

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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