- Date
- April 8, 2015, 13:36 local (13:36 UTC)
- Place
- Klatovy, Czech Republic, Czechia
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- OE-FDNShort Brothers & Harland SC-7 Skyvan S3
- Defining event
- Enroute-descent: Uncontained engine failure
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 91056
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Factual narrative
An Austrian registered Shorts SC7 Skyvan, registration number OE-FDN, being operated by Pink Aviation Services Gmbh, suffered an uncontained failure of No.2 turbine wheel on RH engine during descend, resulting in damage to the right-hand forward sidewall fuel cell by debris of the turbine wheel, and subsequent fuel loss. The investigation is being conducted by the Air Accidents Investigation Institute (AAII) of the Czech Republic. The NTSB has appointed an accredited representative to assist the AAII's investigation as the state of design of the airplane powerplants. All inquiries concerning this investigation should be directed to: Air Accidents Investigation Institute Director Beranových 130 199 01 Prague 9 Czech Republic Tel.: (420) 225 115 426 (420) 724 300 800 (24 hours) E-mail: INFO@uzpln.cz Fax: (420) 225 115 430 Website: http://www.uzpln.cz
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- OE-FDN
- Reported as
- Short Brothers & Harland SC-7 Skyvan S3 (3)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- SH 1964
- Engines
- Honeywell TPE331-2, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Operator
- Pink Aviations Services Luftverkehrsunte
- Registered owner
- Pink Aviations Services Luftverkehrsunte
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- ETSA · Penzing
- Destination
- LKKT · Klatovy
- Airport
- LKKT · Klatovy