Jazz DH8A at Quebec City on Oct 20th 2015, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: October 21, 2015 / 21:20:43 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 20, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QK-8703

Destination
Montreal, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GANK

ICAO Type Designator
DH8A

A Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-100, registration C-GANK performing flight QK-8703 from Quebec City,QC to Montreal,QC (Canada) with 33 passengers and 3 crew, was in the initial climb through 500 feet AGL out of Quebec's runway 24 when the crew received indication of an overtorque of the left hand engine (PW120A). The crew shut the engine down and returned to Quebec City fora safe landing on runway 24 about 25 minutes after departure.

The Canadian TSB reported the crew received an overtorque indication ("indication de de surcouple du moteur gauche") for the left hand engine, shut the engine down as a precaution and returned to Quebec City for a safe landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 20, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QK-8703

Destination
Montreal, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GANK

ICAO Type Designator
DH8A

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