- Date
- April 5, 2022, 04:52 local (04:52 UTC)
- Place
- South Melbourne, Australia
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- VH-ZRKSaab 340
- Defining event
- Standing-engine(s) start-up: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA/AVP, GE
- Case key
- 105023
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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-ZRK
- Reported as
- Saab 340 (B)
- Category
- Airplane
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Rex Airlines