Final Report A320 (9V-TRH) fan cowl incident at Singapore 16 Oct 2015

Final Report A320 (9V-TRH) fan cowl incident at Singapore 16 Oct 2015

Publication info
Author
TSIB (Singapore)
Category
Airworthiness Human Factors
Date of publication
11/08/2017

On 16 October 2015, the unlatched fan cowl doors of the left engine on an A320 fell from the aircraft during and soon after takeoff. The one which remained on the runway was not recovered for nearly an hour afterwards despite ATC awareness of engine panel loss during takeoff and as the runway remained in use, by the time it was recovered it had been reduced to small pieces. The Investigation attributed the failure to latch the cowls shut to line maintenance and the failure to detect the condition to inadequate inspection by both maintenance personnel and flight crew.

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