DCA21WA111

NTSB incident investigation · Airbus A320 · Lima, Peru · March 27, 2021

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
March 26, 2021, 20:40 local (Mar 27, 2021, 01:40 UTC)
Place
Lima, Peru
Injuries
116 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
CC-AZEAirbus A320
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Flight control sys malf/fail
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
102837

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
CC-AZE
Reported as
Airbus A320
Category
Airplane
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Part 129
Operator
Sky Airline Peru S.A.C.
Registered owner
Aviation Capital Limited
Departed
spqu · Arequipa
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
SPJC · Lima International Airport , Perú.

Weather

Wind
170° at 8 knots
Visibility
6.21 statute miles
Temperature
68 °F, dew point 63 °F
Observed at
SPJC
METAR
SPJC 260600Z 17008KT CAVOK 20/17 Q1011 NOSIG RMK PP000