ANZ AT72 at Wellington on Sep 1st 2024, engine fire on short final

Last Update: September 6, 2024 / 14:58:25 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
NZ-5366

Aircraft Registration
ZK-MVL

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

An ANZ Air New Zealand Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration ZK-MVL performing flight NZ-5366 from Christchurch to Wellington (New Zealand), was on on short final to Wellington's runway 34 about 6 seconds before touch down when the left hand engine began to emit dense smoke. The aircraft touched down, rolled out and stopped on the runway, flames became visible from the left hand engine. The crew shut both engines down while emergency services began to respond. The aircraft was evacuated. There were no injuries.

The airline reported smoke was seen from an engine, the aircraft was met by emergeny services, all passengers disembarked safely.

A passenger photo shows the left hand engine on fire. Passengers later reported the "crew chief" told them there had been a drop in the oil pressure of the engine, the oil obviously was leaking and made contact with hot parts of the engine and ignited.

On Sep 6th 2024 the ATSB reported: "During final approach, at about 300 feet, there was a low oil pressure caution, then an engine fault and engine fire warning for the aircraft’s left engine. The crew declared a mayday, landed safely and stopped on the runway. Airport emergency services attended promptly, and passengers and crew were evacuated on to the runway, with no serious injuries reported." New Zealand's TAIC requested assistance by the ATSB, the ATSB assigned an accredited representative.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
NZ-5366

Aircraft Registration
ZK-MVL

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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