# Incident 20260731011389I: Airbus A320-214, San Francisco, CA, July 31, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2026, 15:55 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: ARNF
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-GJVT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320-214
- Reported engine: CFM INTERNATIONAL CFM56-5B4/P
- People aboard: 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260731011389I

## Narrative

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

DURING CRUISE APPROX. 90 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT CREW EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE 1 STALL THAT QUICKLY RECOVERED ON ITS OWN TO STABLE ENGINE PARAMETERS. FLIGHT CREW WAS IN CONTACT WITH DISPATCH AND MAINTENANCE CONTROL, DECISION TO CONTINUE TO DESTINATION WAS MADE.

APPROX. 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO TOP OF DESCENT, ATC REQUESTED DESCEND FROM FL340 TO FL320 AND SLOW TO 250KIAS. FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS, VIBRATIONS THROUGH THE AIRFRAME WERE FELT AND  "ENG 1 HIGH VIBRATION" ECAM MESSAGE. FLIGHT CREW BEGAN THE ENGINE HIGH VIBRATION PROCEDURES,  AN ENG 1 STALL ECAM FOLLOWED BY AN ENG 1 FAIL ECAM APPEARED. FLIGHT CREW BEGAN THE ENGINE FAIL AT HIGH ALTITUDE CRUISE PROCEDURE AND MADE A MAYDAY CALL TO ATC AS WELL AS REQUESTING A LOWER ALTITUDE AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE.

ENGINE 1 AUTOMATICALLY RELIT AND IMMEDIATELY THE HIGH VIBRATIONS RETURNED, ALONG WITH THE SAME SEQUENCE OF ECAM MESSAGES. THE FLIGHT CREW MADE  THE DECISION TO START THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE. FLIGHT CREW FOLLOWED ALL ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES.

IN-FLIGHT CREW AND PASSENGERS WERE BRIEFED OF THE SITUATION.

ASIDE FROM BEING A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH, THE APPROACH AND LANDING WERE OTHERWISE UNEVENTFUL.   THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY FOR AN INSPECTION BY ARFF, THEN CONTINUED TO GATE D11 UNDER ITS OWN POWER.

MAINTENANCE REPLACED ENGINE 1 AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE AUGUST 6, 2026.

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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