Jazz DH8C near Gander on Oct 22nd 2018, uncommanded feather

Last Update: November 1, 2018 / 22:54:05 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 22, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QK-8861

Destination
Halifax, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-FACT

ICAO Type Designator
DH8C

A Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-300, registration C-FACT performing flight QK-8861 from Gander,NL to Halifax,NS (Canada) with 50 people on board, was climbing out of Gander when the crew stopped the climb at 6000 feet due to an uncommanded feather of the right hand propeller. The crew shut the right hand engine (PW123) down and diverted to Deer Lake,NL (Canada) due to Gander being at Weather Minimums. The aircraft landed safely in Deer Lake.

The Canadian TSB reported the uncommanded auto-feather was caused by the loss of the #2 engine torque signal. The related torque sensing/transmitting components were removed from the aircraft and sent for further analysis.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 22, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QK-8861

Destination
Halifax, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-FACT

ICAO Type Designator
DH8C

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