- Date
- March 23, 2017
- Place
- Dubbo, Australia
- Injuries
- 26 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- VH-RXSSaab 340
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 94908
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Factual narrative
On March 23, 2017, a Saab 340B, registered in Australia as VH-RXS, had an in-flight shutdown of the right engine, a General Electric CT7-9B. During the climb, the crew detected abnormal turbine temperatures and vibrations from the right engine. The crew shut down the engine and the airplane returned to Dubbo, Australia. The examination of the engine after the airplane landed revealed damage to the stage 4 turbine blades. The investigation of this incident is under the jurisdiction of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. This report is for informational purposes only and contains information released by or obtained from the Government of Australia. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained from: Australian Transport Safety Bureau PO Box 967 Civic Square ACT 2608 Tel: +61 2 6257 4150 Website: http://www.atsb.gov.au Email: atsbinfo@atsb.gov.au
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
- VH-RXS
- Reported as
- Saab 340 (B)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 285
- Damage
- No damage
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Equipment
- Unknown