Sprint AT72 at Ljubljana on Jul 31st 2020, smoke in cockpit

Last Update: August 20, 2020 / 17:23:02 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 31, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Sprintair

Flight number
P8-1905

Aircraft Registration
SP-SPE

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A Sprint Air Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-200 freighter, registration SP-SPE performing flight P8-1905 from Ljubljana (Slovenia) to Cologne/Bonn (Germany) with 2 crew, was in the initial climb out of runway 12 when the crew stopped the climb at about 2700 feet reporting smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft performed a tear drop procedure and returned to land on runway 30 about 5 minutes after departure. Emergency services checked the aircraft and subsequently escorted the aircraft to the apron.

The aircraft returned to service about 40 hours after landing back.

On Aug 20th 2020 Slovenia's AAIIO reported the occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated. The crew reported smoke in the cockpit while climbing through 1500 feet, informed the controller they were returning to the airfield, performed a right hand turn for a visual approach to runway 30. After taxiing to the stand the crew shut down both engines and all electrical systems using the QRH procedures.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 31, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Sprintair

Flight number
P8-1905

Aircraft Registration
SP-SPE

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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