# NTSB ENG18RA004: British Aerospace Avro  146, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 8, 2017

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 8, 2017, 17:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Uncontained engine failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/343)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96326
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG18RA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96326/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG18RA004

## Factual narrative

On November 8, 2017, at about 1750 UTC, South African Airlink flight 8103, a British Aerospace BAE-146 RJ85A, registered in South Africa as ZS-ASW, experienced an uncontained release of turbine material from the No. 2 engine, a Honeywell LF507-1F turbofan, during cruise flight. The South African Civil Aviation Authority, Accident and Incident Investigation Division (AAID) is investigating this incident. As the state of manufacture of the engine, the NTSB designated an U.S. accredited representative to assist the AAID with its investigation. All inquiries concerning this incident should be directed to: South African Civil Aviation Authority Accidents and Incidents Investigation Division Private Bag X 73 Halfway House 1685 South Africa Website: http://www.caa.co.za

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Uncontained engine failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/343) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-ASW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BRITISH AEROSPACE AVRO  146 (85)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E2313
- Engines: Honeywell LF507-1F turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: South African Airlink
- Registered owner: Sa Airlink Investments (Pty) Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

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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