Jazz DH8A at Halifax on Jul 12th 2015, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: July 15, 2015 / 00:17:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 12, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QK-8802

Destination
Sydney, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GANS

ICAO Type Designator
DH8A

A Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-100, registration C-GANS performing flight QK-8802 from Halifax,NS to Sydney,NS (Canada) with 22 people on board, was climbing out of Halifax's runway 14 when the left hand engine (PW120) surged and torque fluctuated prompting the crew to shut the engine down as a precaution. The aircraft returned to Halifax for a safe landing about 20 minutes later.

The Canadian TSB reported that a pin had pushed back on a connector of the auto-feather system. The pin was reset and ground runs carried out.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 12, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QK-8802

Destination
Sydney, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GANS

ICAO Type Designator
DH8A

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