Porter DH8D near Halifax on Aug 5th 2015, both propellers oversped

Last Update: August 14, 2015 / 21:24:49 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 5, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Porter Airlines

Flight number
PD-274

Departure
Halifax, Canada

Destination
Ottawa, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GKQF

Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (400)

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

A Porter Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration C-GKQF performing flight PD-274 from Halifax,NS to Ottawa,ON (Canada), had just levelled off at FL240 after climbing out of Halifax when the crew inadvertently placed both engine condition levers into the start/feather position. The propeller electronic control interpreted this as a fault however and dropped offline resulting in both propellers going into over-speed. The crew applied the related checklists and returned to Halifax for a safe landing. The aircraft was shut down on the parallel taxiway and towed to the apron.

A replacement Dash 8-400 reached Ottawa with a delay of 2.5 hours.

The Canadian TSB reported maintenance cleared the Propeller Electronic Control Faults, cleared the engines and returned the aircraft to service.
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
DH8D
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 5, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Porter Airlines

Flight number
PD-274

Departure
Halifax, Canada

Destination
Ottawa, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GKQF

Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (400)

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

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