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An A320 experienced severe turbulence over western texas during night VMC without warning and with no injuries.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 950592 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201105 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZFW.ARTCC |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | VFR Route |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Speed All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
On the arrival into dfw we chose to divert to a more westerly airport for fuel due the the weather over the field. We received vectors of a heading and altitude. After leveling off at FL270; we experienced severe turbulence for approximately 20 seconds. We lost about 400 ft; airspeed fluctuated +/- 30 KTS; but also I was trying to slow us down at the same time. The autopilot never kicked off; although after the worst of the turbulence I turned it off myself to level the aircraft back up to the assigned altitude. We received no warnings or ECAM's; we were in VFR conditions; the radar never indicated any disturbance. We checked with the cabin crew and crew and passengers were ok; just shaken up. We informed ATC and also dispatch when we landed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A320 experienced severe turbulence over western Texas during night VMC without warning and with no injuries.
Narrative: On the arrival into DFW we chose to divert to a more westerly airport for fuel due the the weather over the field. We received vectors of a heading and altitude. After leveling off at FL270; we experienced severe turbulence for approximately 20 seconds. We lost about 400 FT; airspeed fluctuated +/- 30 KTS; but also I was trying to slow us down at the same time. The autopilot never kicked off; although after the worst of the turbulence I turned it off myself to level the aircraft back up to the assigned altitude. We received no warnings or ECAM's; we were in VFR conditions; the radar never indicated any disturbance. We checked with the cabin crew and crew and passengers were OK; just shaken up. We informed ATC and also Dispatch when we landed.
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.