Airbus A330 PT-MVB

Summary

On 22 May 2009 at about 01:47 local time, a Airbus A330 registered PT-MVB, operated by TAM, was involved in an incident near Los Cayes, Haiti. 176 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 May 2009 at 01:47

Classification

Incident

Location

Los Cayes, Haiti

Nearest airport

Los Cayes

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Airbus A330

Registration

PT-MVB

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

TAM

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Miami → Sao Paulo

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DCA09IA055

Nobody was injured.

The final report for this incident was combined with and can be found under NTSB Investigation number, DCA09IA064.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On May 21, 2009, at 2147 EDT, an Airbus A330-200, Brazilian registration PT-MVB, operated by TAM Airlines as flight 8091 from Miami International Airport, Florida, to Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport, Brazil, experienced a loss of primary speed and altitude information while in cruise flight at FL370. Initial reports indicated that the flight crew noted an abrupt drop in outside air temperature and observed St. Elmo's Fire, followed by the loss of the Air Data Reference System, disconnections of autopilot and autothrust, and loss of primary airspeed and altitude. The flight crew continued using backup instruments, and after approximately 5 minutes, primary data was restored. The airplane remained in alternate flight law and displayed a rudder travel limit flag. The crew determined they could not restore normal law and continued the flight under the appropriate procedures. The flight landed at Sao Paulo with no further incident and there were no injuries or damage. With the concurrence of the Brazilian Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos (CENIPA), the NTSB initiated an incident investigation into this event. The final report for this incident was combined with and can be found under NTSB investigation number, DCA09IA064.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.