- Date
- March 29, 2015, 03:30 local (03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Halifax, Canada
- Injuries
- 28 minor, 110 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- C-FTJPAirbus A320 - 211
- Defining event
- Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 91440
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Factual narrative
On 29 March 2015, an Air Canada Airbus A320-200 aircraft (registration C-FTJP) clipped a power line and approach lights short of Runway 05 at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada is investigating the accident. As the state of manufacture of the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) unit, the NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative under the provisions of Annex 13 to the Convention on Civil Aviation to assist the TSB. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to the TSB of Canada at: Transportation Safety Board of Canada 200 Promenade du Portage Place du Centre, 4th Floor Hull, Quebec K1A 1K8 Canada Website: http://www.tsb.gc.ca
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-FTJP
- Reported as
- Airbus A320 - 211 (211)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 233
- Engines
- turbo fanturbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Operator
- Air Canada
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- CYYZ · Toronto
- Destination
- CYHZ · Halifax
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CYHZ · Halifax Stanfield Internationa, runway 05
- Equipment
- Data recorder