<< >> NASA ASRS Report 846875, August 2009

A320 flight crew reported severe airframe vibration climbing out of FL260. Reducing pitch and airspeed caused vibrations to cease; however crew elected to return to their departure airport.

Attributes
ACN	846875
Time
Date	200908
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Airframe
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 18000 Flight Crew Type 6700
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

Experienced severe airframe vibration during climb out at approximately FL260. No abnormal flight control or engine indications. No ECAM messages displayed. Reduced pitch and airspeed and vibrations ceased. Returned to departure airport for a precautionary landing. No abnormalities noted on post-flight inspection.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 flight crew reported severe airframe vibration climbing out of FL260. Reducing pitch and airspeed caused vibrations to cease; however crew elected to return to their departure airport.

Narrative: Experienced severe airframe vibration during climb out at approximately FL260. No abnormal flight control or engine indications. No ECAM messages displayed. Reduced pitch and airspeed and vibrations ceased. Returned to departure airport for a precautionary landing. No abnormalities noted on post-flight inspection.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.