- Date
- August 11, 2012, 11:36 local (11:36 UTC)
- Place
- Gaborone, Botswana
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- A2-ABFBAE BAE146 - 199
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of engine power (partial)
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 85707
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On August 11, 2012 about 1136 UTC, A2-ABF, British Aerospace BAe 146-199, a scheduled commerical flight, operated by Air Botswana, after a loss of power in the no. 2 engine, aborted takeoff at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport, Gaborone, Botswana. There were no injuries to the 4 crew and 28 passengers. The flight was destined for Johannesburg, South Africa. The Directorate of Accident Investigation (DAI), Botswana Ministry of Tranpsort and Communication. has instituted an investigation. As the State of manufacture of the engine, a US Accredited Representative has been appointed for the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- A2-ABF
- Reported as
- BAE BAE146 - 199 (199)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Air Botswana
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal