Rome, Italy Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Rome Italy
Friday, August 3, 2012 9:00 UTC

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Incident
Event Date 8/3/2012
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 900
Event Time Zone Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Event City Rome
Event State --
Event Country ITALY
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2012
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport Rome, Italy
Event Location Nearest Airport ID LIRF
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions --
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling --
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) --
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator --
Wind Speed (knots) --
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator --
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 100
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency Foreign
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source Email form ANSV
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Sep 2 2014 10:06AM
User who most recently changed record crup
Basic weather conditions --
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number --
NTSB Number ENG12WA036
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 129: Foreign
Type of Flight Plan filed Unknown
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Minor
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name AIRBUS
Aircraft Model A319
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 4910
Certified Max Gross Weight --
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 1562
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name --
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City --
Aircraft Owner State --
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode --
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country IT
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight International
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) --
Second Pilot on Board --
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code LIPZ
Departure City Venezia
Departure State --
Departure Country IT
Departure Time --
Departure Time Zone --
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code LIRF
Destination City Rome
Destination State --
Destination Country IT
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Oct 6 2014 11:43AM
User who most recently changed record crup
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location N/A
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight --
Air Medical Flight --
Medical Flight --