dazza 38 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Hello, Yesterday 29th Jan , our afternoon chartered flight from Brisbane to Miles had a engine failure or the crew shut down one of the engines approx 15 minutes into the flight to Miles and returned to Brisbane. I wasn't on the aircraft as I am currently half way through my 14 day shift. I was wondering does anybody know what the cause was ? Our company has ask what the problem was but they haven't been told anything from QANTAS Link as of this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 We charter a lot of QANTAS link flights per week so it is understandable the company I work for would like some answers. They may still get a answer of course, but I was wondering if anybody knows something already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Nope, but the usual process is we all have guesses about the probable cause and then discuss the plausibility of each suggested scenario right.... so who goes first? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 I was talking to a guy at work this morning who was on the plane. He is a mechanic , he said that the aircrew shut the engine down (inflight shut down) due to multiple engine caution lights illuminating. Still dunno the exact cause yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Could've been the Rockwell Encabulator failed... a little excitement for the passengers anyway. Try proon for some goss on this maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 Tried pprune i couldnt find snything on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methusala Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboencabulator link for anyone interested to follow. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunder Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Had a QL BAE146 lose an engine about 10 years ago. Didnt concern me too much (still had 3 engines) but the steward went white as a ghost..... Returned to Perth for a replacement a/c. The steward didnt board the second a/c and we all had a little chuckle about that. Poor fella...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex-McRae Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I am currently doing my MECIR at YBAF and one of my instructors told me that his mate who is an engineer with them said that the engine auto-feather failed to operate, thus producing a lot more drag on the dead engine. The aircraft was struggling to climb and was only at 1500ft by the time it was overhead YBAF. It continued climbing to 2000ft before conducting a large circuit back to land (due to the propellers not being feathered). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanm Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 The 300 out of Brissie had an un-commanded Auto-Feather which although gets your attention, isn't the end of the world. Since the prop has feathered, you just have to secure it and come back and land. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 I am currently doing DIDO instead of FIFO at the moment, nothing to do with the above., more to do with the knob jockeys I work for wanting us to hang around for 5 hours after we knock off after a 14 day shift and wait until 4PM to take a -8 out of Miles QLD ( we officially knock off at 11 AM, so if I drive I can leave at that time, I did it today 375 kays took 4 hours 20 minutes) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanm Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 That's painful! Is there only the one flight out in the arvo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Hi Ryanm, the mob i work for charter QANTAS Link - 8 two flights per day on monday wednesday and friday. We are still using the. -300 which only having 50 seats doesnt fit everybody on it on wednesday, wednesday is our shift change day. The monday and friday flights are mainly used for engineers who fly out and stay the week. Coming in on monday and leaving on friday. What currently happens is that we never have a proper hand over to the next shift coming in as we only have a bout 10 minutes to talk to each before we get on the aircraft they judt got off. So in the future, they want the out going shift to stay back until the 4 pm flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanm Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Ah yeah makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Turbo props can absorb a vast amount of power if the prop won't feather fully or at all. 3 times the shaft horsepower would be easily possible so the situation can be serious as well as the overspeed considerations with the prop as well. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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