Saab 340 VH-RXS

Summary

On 23 March 2017 at about 09:44 local time, a Saab 340 registered VH-RXS was involved in an incident near Dubbo, Australia. 26 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 March 2017 at 09:44

Classification

Incident

Location

Dubbo, Australia

Coordinates

-32.2167, 148.5747

Aircraft

Saab 340

Registration

VH-RXS

Category

Airplane

Operator

Not recorded

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

ENG17WA019

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB 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: [email protected]

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.