ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A320-232 HA-LWM Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO)
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Status:Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:Saturday 8 June 2013
Time:08:06
Type:Silhouette image of generic A320 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Airbus A320-232
Operator:Wizz Air
Registration: HA-LWM
MSN: 5021
First flight: 2012-02-04 (1 year 4 months)
Total airframe hrs:5836
Cycles:2560
Engines: 2 IAE V2527-A5
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 165
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 171
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Repaired
Location:Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) (   Italy)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Bucharest-Henri Coanda International Airport (OTP/LROP), Romania
Destination airport:Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA/LIRA), Italy
Flightnumber:3141
Narrative:
An Airbus A320 of Wizz Air was damaged in a landing accident at Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO). There were 165 passengers and five crew members on board. Three occupants were injured.
Flight W6-3141 departed Bucharest-Henri Coanda International Airport (OTP) about 06:45 hours local time (03:45 UTC) on an international passenger flight to Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA).
The flight was approaching Ciampino Airport's runway 15 about 07:20 local time (05:20 UTC) when the crew encountered problems getting the undercarriage down and locked. A Master Warning occurred and a message was shown on the Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring (ECAM) display, which indicated "L/G GEAR NOT DOWNLOCKED".
The crew flew a missed approach procedure and headed to an area north of Rome were it entered a holding pattern at an altitude of 5000 feet. The crew carried out a recycle and performed a gravity extension as well as some g-force manoeuvres, but the left hand main landing gear remained stuck.
The crew decided to divert to Rome-Fiumicino.
Approaching Rome-Fiumicino Airport runway 34R at 07:58 (05:58 UTC), the aircraft was instructed by the Tower controller to go-around due to some incoherency in the information provided by the crew about the current position of the landing gear. A new approach to runway 34R was performed and the aircraft touched down on the runway at 08:06 (06:06 UTC) with the left main gear only partially extended. The flightcrew shutoff the left engine just before touchdown and the right one a few seconds later.
The aircraft came to rest after scraping the left engine on the runway for about 1200 m. An emergency evacuation was carried out.

Classification:
Gear-up landing
Forced landing on runway

Sources:
» ANSV


Follow-up / safety actions

ANSV issued 5 Safety Recommendations
EASA issued 1 Airworthiness Directive
EASA issued 1 Emergency Airworthiness Directive

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photo of Airbus-A320-232-HA-LWM
accident date: 08-06-2013
type: Airbus A320-232
registration: HA-LWM
 

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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Bucharest-Henri Coanda International Airport to Roma-Ciampino Airport as the crow flies is 1127 km (704 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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