Travel Service B738 near Sofia on Aug 11th 2013, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: October 18, 2013 / 20:16:57 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 11, 2013
Classification
Incident
Flight number
QS-7266
Departure
Katowice, Poland
Destination
Bodrum, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
OK-TVG
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A replacement Smartwings Boeing 737-800 registration OK-TVY positioned to Sofia and reached Bodrum as flight QS-7226 with a delay of 5.5 hours.
On Aug 27th 2013 the French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin that the crew received indication of low oil pressure and low oil quantity for the right hand engine. FADEC automatically shut the engine down, the crew diverted the aircraft to Sofia. Czech Authorities are investigating the occurrence rated a serious incident.
On Oct 18th 2013 the Czech UZPLN reported in their quarterly bulletin that the #3 bearing had failed and was destroyed. The bearing had been installed in 2008 and had since flown for 17,285 hours in 5,627 cycles. The occurrence was downgraded from serious incident to incident after this finding.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 11, 2013
Classification
Incident
Flight number
QS-7266
Departure
Katowice, Poland
Destination
Bodrum, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
OK-TVG
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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