# NTSB ENG11WA003: Boeing 767, Perth, Australia, Australia, November 12, 2010

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 12, 2010, 07:26 local (07:26 UTC)
- Place: Perth, Australia, Australia
- Coordinates: -31.933332, 115.966667
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-31.9333&lon=115.9667&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 77810
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG11WA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77810/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG11WA003

## Factual narrative

On 12 November 2010, a Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338 airplane, registered VH-OGO, departed from Perth, Western Australia as flight QF768, a scheduled passenger service to Melbourne, New South Wales. Shortly after departure, the crew felt an engine vibration and heard popping. The engines are General Electric CF6-80C2. The captain elected to pull the #1 engine back to idle and subsequently requested a return back to Perth where the airplane landed without further incident. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Australia. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canberra A.C.T. 2608 Australia Tel.: (61) 2 6274-6464 (61) 2 6257-4150 E-mail: atsbinfo@atsb.gov.au Fax: (61) 2 6274-6474 AFTN: ASCOYLYX Website: http://www.atsb.gov.au The ATSB case number for this event is 201007904. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for, or released by, the Government of Australia.

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-OGO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767 (338)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: GENERAL ELECTRIC CF6 80C2 turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Qantas Airways Limited
- Registered owner: Qantas Airways Limited
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: APPH, Perth
- Destination: AMML, Melbourne
- Flight plan: Unknown

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

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