Jazz DH8A near Sudbury on Jan 14th 2018, flight control problems
Last Update: January 24, 2018 / 22:32:12 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 14, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Jazz Aviation
Flight number
QK-8291
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Timmins, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-FPON
Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (100)
ICAO Type Designator
DH8A
The Canadian TSB reported maintenance examined the flight controls and found no faults. The stall system was checked, the #2 stall vane heater was found failed leading maintenance to assume the control vibration was a false stick shaker activation due to the failed vane heater. The system was disabled, a test flight found no further fault and the aircraft was returned to service under minimum equipment list requirements with the #2 stall system disabled. A service difficulty report was filed.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 14, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Jazz Aviation
Flight number
QK-8291
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Timmins, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-FPON
Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (100)
ICAO Type Designator
DH8A
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