Wings Abadi AT72 at Makassar on Sep 18th 2013, engine vibrations
Last Update: October 20, 2016 / 15:57:30 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 18, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine vibrations
Airline
Wings Air
Flight number
IW-1787
Departure
Ambon, Indonesia
Destination
Makassar, Indonesia
Aircraft Registration
PK-WFV
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
The French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin quoting Indonesian Authorities, that a propeller roller blade support fractured in flight at 16:28L (08:28Z). The occurrence is rated a serious incident, an investigation by Indonesian NTSC is under way.
In the final report to another incident, see Incident: Braathens AT72 near Visby on Nov 30th 2014, engine shut down in flight, Sweden's SHK quoted the BEA stating, that the occurrence of PK-WFV was similiar to the Braathens AT72. PK-WFV suffered severe vibrations while descending at 251 KIAS with power levers at flight idle. The blade angle forward plate was found bent and one propeller blade turning freely as its trunnion pin was broken, two engine fitting fractured. The investigation is led by Indonesia's NTSC (aka KNKT).
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 18, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine vibrations
Airline
Wings Air
Flight number
IW-1787
Departure
Ambon, Indonesia
Destination
Makassar, Indonesia
Aircraft Registration
PK-WFV
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
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