- Date
- September 19, 2011, 16:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Cusco, Peru
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N493TAAirbus A320
- Defining event
- Enroute: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 81834
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On September 19, 2011, at 1620 UTC, an Airbus A320-233, N493TA, experienced smoke in the cockpit. The airplane landed uneventfully at Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (SPZO), Peru, its original destination. None of the passengers or crewmembers were injured, and the airplane sustained no damage. The flight was registered to and operated by Trans American Airlines, S.A. The flight originated at Jorge Chávez International Airport (SPIM), Lima, Peru. The incident is being investigated by the government of Peru.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N493TA
- Reported as
- Airbus A320
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2917
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Trans American Airlines, S.A.
- Registered owner
- Wells Fargo Bank Northwest
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Airport
- SPZO · Alejandro Velasco Astete IAP
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.