- Date
- December 11, 2015
- Place
- Bogota, Colombia
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N593FLAirbus A319
- Defining event
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 92504
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Factual narrative
On December 11, 2015, an Avianca Airbus A318-111, N593EL, equipped with CFMI CFM56-5 engines, experienced a loss of power from the No. 1 (left) engine. The airplane was operating as Avianca flight AV9398 from Bogota, Colombia to Pasto, Colombia when the engine lost power during the climb. The crew shutdown the engine and returned to Bogota for landing without incident. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Colombia. Further information can be obtained from: Grupo Investigación de Accidentes Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil Av. Eldorado #103-23 Bogota, Colombia Fax: (57-1) 296-2013 This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Colombia.
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
- N593FL
- Reported as
- Airbus A319 (111)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2367
- Engines
- Cfmi CFM56-5B, turbo fanCfmi CFM56-5B, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Equipment
- Unknown
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