Relation between curl of vector field and and its derivative in the normal direction

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I have been trying to prove this equivalence but I could not manage to do it. I have used all kinds of identities with no success.

I want to prove that, being $\mathbf n$ a unit surface normal vector, the expression

$$ \nabla \times \mathbf A = \mathbf k \times \mathbf n $$

is equivalent to

$$ \frac{\partial \mathbf A }{\partial n} =-\mathbf k $$

Note that I am not sure if the equivalence actually holds.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: As @Rahul has proved with a counterexample the equivalence does not hold. Rafa has found that his proof is flawed because the incorrent elimination of the Levi-Civita symbol. I will try to understand things better and keep posting.