Volotea B712 at Olbia on Jul 14th 2017, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: July 19, 2017 / 22:15:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 14, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Volotea Airlines

Flight number
V7-1779

Departure
Olbia, Italy

Destination
Verona, Italy

Aircraft Registration
EI-EWJ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 717-200

ICAO Type Designator
B712

Airport
Olbia / Costa Smeralda Airport, Olbia

Airport ICAO Code
LIEO

A Volotea Boeing 717-200, registration EI-EWJ performing flight V7-1779 from Olbia to Verona (Italy), was in the initial climb out of runway 23 just before gear retraction when the left hand engine (BR715) lost power, EGT went above limit and N2 dropped. The crew declared emergency, shut the engine down and continued the climb to initial 3000 feet MSL following the engine out departure route to maintain terrain clearance, however, detected an unusally low climb rate and spotted, that over the engine failure the gear had not yet been retracted. Following gear retraction the climb rate became normal for engine out operation, the aircraft climbed to 4000 feet as instructed by ATC. The crew checked weather conditions of the aerodromes around and decided to return to Olbia, where the aircraft landed safely on runway 23 about 25 minutes after departure. Emergency services reported metallic debris in the engine exhaust, the aircraft taxied to the apron, where passengers disembarked normally.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

An examination of the engine revealed substantial internal core damage, the engine needs to be replaced.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 128 hours after landing.

Metars:
LIEO 141550Z 25013KT CAVOK 32/13 Q1010=
LIEO 141520Z 25014KT CAVOK 32/12 Q1010=
LIEO 141450Z 25016KT CAVOK 32/13 Q1011=
LIEO 141420Z 25017KT CAVOK 32/14 Q1011=
LIEO 141350Z 28017KT CAVOK 31/15 Q1011=
LIEO 141320Z 28017KT 240V320 CAVOK 32/13 Q1011=
LIEO 141250Z 29015KT 250V330 CAVOK 33/13 Q1011=
LIEO 141220Z 26014KT 220V290 CAVOK 33/12 Q1011=
LIEO 141150Z 26016KT CAVOK 33/12 Q1011=
LIEO 141120Z 27018G28KT CAVOK 32/12 Q1011=
LIEO 141050Z 27021KT CAVOK 31/13 Q1011=
LIEO 141020Z 27019G29KT 240V300 CAVOK 32/12 Q1010=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 14, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Volotea Airlines

Flight number
V7-1779

Departure
Olbia, Italy

Destination
Verona, Italy

Aircraft Registration
EI-EWJ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 717-200

ICAO Type Designator
B712

Airport
Olbia / Costa Smeralda Airport, Olbia

Airport ICAO Code
LIEO

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