# NTSB ENG15WA026: Airbus A320 - 211, Halifax, Canada, March 29, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 29, 2015, 03:30 local (03:30 UTC)
- Place: Halifax, Canada
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 28 minor, 110 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91440
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG15WA026
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91440/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG15WA026

## 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 best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-FTJP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 - 211 (211)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 233
- Engines: turbo fan; turbo 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

## Weather



From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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