Jazz DH8A near Ottawa on Sep 18th 2012, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: September 20, 2012 / 19:21:12 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 18, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QK-8798

Aircraft Registration
C-GONX

ICAO Type Designator
DH8A

A Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-100, registration C-GONX performing flight QK-8798 from Ottawa,ON to Fredericton,NB (Canada) with 31 people on board, was climbing through 7000 feet out of Ottawa when the right hand engine (PW120A) flamed out. The crew declared emergency, shut the engine down and returned to Ottawa for a safe landing on runway 25 about 33 minutes later.

The Canadian TSB reported the engine's electronic control unit (ECU) was found full of water, a new ECU was installed. The source of the water could not be determined.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 18, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QK-8798

Aircraft Registration
C-GONX

ICAO Type Designator
DH8A

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