# NTSB ENG19RA019: Avro 146, Tambo International Airport, South Africa, April 12, 2019

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 12, 2019
- Place: Tambo International Airport, South Africa
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 99250
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG19RA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99250/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG19RA019

## Factual narrative

The South Africa Accident and Incident Investigation Division (AIID) has notified the United States, as the State of Design and Manufacture for the Engines, of an engine in-flight shut down incident involving a BAE Aero 146 RJ85A, ZS-SSJ, that occurred near O.R. Tambo International Airport, Gauteng Province (FAOR) on March 27, 2019. All investigative information will be released by the AIID.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-SSJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AVRO 146 (RJ85)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: ; ; ; 
- Damage: No damage
- Registered owner: S A Airlink (Pty) Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Commuter

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

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