- Date
- March 1, 2018, 08:35 local (08:35 UTC)
- Place
- Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- EX-27005Avro RJ85
- Defining event
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Uncontained engine failure
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 96839
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Factual narrative
On March 1, 2018, a Tez Jet Airline Avro RJ85, powered by four Honeywell (formally Lycoming) LF507-1F turbofan engines experienced an uncontained No. 1 (left most) engine turbine failure during climb. The airplane returned to the Bishkek-Manas International Airport, Bishkek, Kyrgzstan where an uneventful three engine landing was made. The investigation is being conducted by the Kyrgzstan Ministry of Transport and Communications, Department of Air Transport and Air Space Use. The NTSB is participating under ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture for the engine.
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
- EX-27005
- Reported as
- Avro RJ85
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Honeywell LF507-1F, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- TEZ Jet LLC
- Registered owner
- TEZ Jet LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- FRU · Bishkek-Manas International