Azul AT72 at Sao Jose do Rio Preto on Dec 7th 2021, engine failure

Last Update: December 13, 2021 / 18:18:22 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 7, 2021

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine failure

Airline
Azul Linhas Aereas

Flight number
AD-9169

Departure
Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil

Destination
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-AQP

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

An Azul Linhas Aereas Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration PR-AQP performing flight AD-9169 from Sao Jose do Rio Preto,SP to Belo Horizonte,MG (Brazil) with 52 passengers and 4 crew, was climbing out of Sao Jose when the crew stopped the climb at about 9000 feet due to a fault indication for the right hand engine (PW127M). The aircraft returned to Sao Jose for a safe landing on runway 25 about 20 minutes after departure.

Brazil's CENIPA rated the occurrence an incident.

The aircraft had suffered a similiar incident involving the left hand engine 6 days earlier, see Incident: Azul AT72 at Belo Horizonte on Dec 1st 2021, engine failure.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 7, 2021

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine failure

Airline
Azul Linhas Aereas

Flight number
AD-9169

Departure
Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil

Destination
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-AQP

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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