Airbus A319 EI-IMS

Summary

On 3 August 2012 at about 09:00 local time, a Airbus A319 registered EI-IMS, operated by Alitalia Airlines, was involved in an incident near Rome, Italy. 100 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 August 2012 at 09:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Rome, Italy

Nearest airport

Rome, Italy (LIRF)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Airbus A319

Registration

EI-IMS

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Alitalia Airlines

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Venezia → Rome

Aircraft damage

Minor

NTSB number

ENG12WA036

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On August 3, 2012, about 0900 local, an Airbus A319, registration EI-IMS, operated by Alitalia Airlines landed in Rome, Italy (LIRF) from Venezia, Italy (LIPZ). During a left turn for the stand at taxi in, the flight crew experienced abnormal skidding from the nose landing gear. Initial inspection found the left nose wheel assembly was completely missing with damage to nose landing gear axle area. The nose wheel assembly and debris was found on runway 16R (landing runway). At the time of the incident the airplane was carrying 95 passengers and 5 crew members. There were no reported injuries from this incident. The Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo (ANSV)is investigating the incident. As the state of manufacturer of some of the airplanes components, the NTSB has designated a US Accredited Representative under the provisions of Annex 13 to the Convention on Civil Aviation to assist the ANSV in their invesitigation. All inquiries concerning this incident shoud be directed to the ANSV at: website: http://www.ansv.it

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.