Augsburg DH8D near Prague on Aug 30th 2013, engine trouble

Last Update: October 18, 2013 / 20:32:42 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 30, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
IQ-1632

Destination
Wroclaw, Poland

Aircraft Registration
D-ADHA

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

An Augsburg Airways de Havilland Dash 8-400 on behalf of Lufthansa, registration D-ADHA performing flight IQ-1632/LH-1632 from Munich (Germany) to Wroclaw (Poland) with 53 passengers and 4 crew, was enroute at FL220 near Prague when the crew received an abnormal engine (PW150A) indication and decided to divert to Prague, where the aircraft landed safely.

The airline confirmed an engine anomaly prompted the diversion to Prague, where the aircraft landed normally. The aircraft taxied to the gate on own power, the passengers disembarked normally. A number of passengers were rebooked onto other flights, a number of passengers is being bussed to Wroclaw.

Passengers reported the engine "lit up", the engine was shut down and the aircraft diverted to Prague.

The incident aircraft positioned back to Munich as flight LH-9987 arriving in Munich about 11 hours after departure.

On Oct 18th 2013 the Czech UZPLN reported in their quarterly bulletin that the right hand engine indicated "OVER SPEED", the crew shut the engine down. Maintenance assistance from Germany was brought in, maintenance performed a successful reset of the engine indication system and released the aircraft back to service, the aircraft departed in the evening.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 30, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
IQ-1632

Destination
Wroclaw, Poland

Aircraft Registration
D-ADHA

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

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