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A321 captain reported diverting to an alternate airport after receiving an ECAM alert on the captain's pitot/static anti-ice system.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1713526 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pitot/Static Ice System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Shortly after takeoff we had a ECAM anti-ice captain pitot static. After completing ECAM; the QRH follow up directed us to the ETOPS guidance which stated to avoid icing conditions. Based on forecast icing conditions; and with dispatch guidance; we were unable to continue into ETOPS airspace; additionally we were unable to return to ZZZ because of icing as well. We diverted to ZZZ1 to avoid icing condition. En-route to ZZZ1 we had an additional ECAM anti-ice captain probes. We held for approx 1 hour to burn down below max landing weight. Uneventful landing. Having the phone app and being able to talk to dispatch clearly and conveniently was a great help in this event. If this would have happened a bit later in our flight we would have attempted to do this on a HF phone patch. Not having satcom on our aircraft on our aircraft on a 180 min ETOPS flight is unacceptable and verges on irresponsible. Captain pitot static anti-ice failure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A321 Captain reported diverting to an alternate airport after receiving an ECAM alert on the Captain's pitot/static anti-ice system.
Narrative: Shortly after takeoff we had a ECAM Anti-ice Captain Pitot static. After completing ECAM; the QRH follow up directed us to the ETOPS guidance which stated to avoid icing conditions. Based on forecast icing conditions; and with Dispatch guidance; we were unable to continue into ETOPS airspace; additionally we were unable to return to ZZZ because of icing as well. We diverted to ZZZ1 to avoid icing condition. En-route to ZZZ1 we had an additional ECAM Anti-ice CAPTAIN Probes. We held for approx 1 hour to burn down below max landing weight. Uneventful landing. Having the phone app and being able to talk to Dispatch clearly and conveniently was a great help in this event. If this would have happened a bit later in our flight we would have attempted to do this on a HF phone patch. Not having SATCOM on our aircraft on our aircraft on a 180 min ETOPS flight is unacceptable and verges on irresponsible. Captain pitot static anti-ice failure.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.