Jazz DH8C near Port Hardy on Dec 5th 2013, both engines surged in flight
Last Update: December 11, 2013 / 23:36:12 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 5, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Jazz Aviation
Flight number
QK-8503
Departure
Sandspit, Canada
Destination
Vancouver, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GNON
Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (300)
ICAO Type Designator
DH8C
After landing the captain told emergency services he suspected bad fuel, they had fueled in Sandspit, after departure the gauges were fluctuating and the engines began to sputter.
The Canadian TSB reported, that both engines were surging. The flight data recorders were pulled for analysis. Maintenance dried and cleaned a number of electrical connectors, ground run the engines with no fault and returned the aircraft to service, there was no recurrence in the following days.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 5, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Jazz Aviation
Flight number
QK-8503
Departure
Sandspit, Canada
Destination
Vancouver, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GNON
Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (300)
ICAO Type Designator
DH8C
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