# NTSB DCA12WA160: BAE BAE146 - 199, Gaborone, Botswana, August 11, 2012

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 11, 2012, 11:36 local (11:36 UTC)
- Place: Gaborone, Botswana
- Coordinates: -24.555276, 25.918333 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-24.5553&lon=25.9183&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85707
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA12WA160
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85707/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12WA160

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BAE BAE146 - 199 (199)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Air Botswana
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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