Westwind AT42 at Prince Albert on Dec 2nd 2012, engine trouble

Last Update: December 5, 2012 / 21:57:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 2, 2012

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine trouble

Airline
Westwind

Flight number
WEW-461

Departure
Prince Albert, Canada

Destination
Saskatoon, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GWWC

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-42

ICAO Type Designator
AT42

A Westwind Avion de Transport Regional ATR-42-300, registration C-GWWC performing flight WEW-461 from Prince Albert,SK to Saskatoon,SK (Canada) with 5 people on board, was in the climb out of Prince Albert about 2 minutes into the flight when the crew requested to return to Prince Albert but declined assistance. The aircraft entered a hold with the crew running the relevant checklists, about 11 minutes later the crew declared emergency reporting erratic power settings for the right hand engine (PW121). Another 6 minutes later the crew reported the issue was resolved, cancelled the emergency and continued to Saskatoon for a safe landing.

The Canadian TSB reported that both engines operated normally for the remainder of the flight after the crew set the power management selector to "Takeoff". The engine and signalling control units' connectors were cleaned, the flight data acquisition unit was replaced.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 2, 2012

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine trouble

Airline
Westwind

Flight number
WEW-461

Departure
Prince Albert, Canada

Destination
Saskatoon, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GWWC

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-42

ICAO Type Designator
AT42

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