ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228609
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| Date: | Thursday 29 August 2019 |
| Time: | 20:42 LT |
| Type: |  Saab 340B |
| Owner/operator: | Rex Airlines |
| Registration: | VH-RXX |
| MSN: | 340B-209 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 22 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Merimbula Airport (MIM/YMER), NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Moruya Airport, NSW (MYA/YMRY) |
| Merimbula Airport, NSW (MIM/YMER) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Emergency landing at Merimbula after suffering an engine failure whilst operating REX flight ZL139 from Sydney. The aircraft landed safely. There were no injuries.
Findings
- Excessive coking in the B-sump oil cavity resulted in oil leaking from the B-sump. This ultimately initiated an internal engine fire and subsequent fracture of the PT shaft and separation of the C-Sump assembly.
- The excessive coking was most likely due to the component not being completely clean when installed at the last major workscope and/or accelerated coking on the component.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://aboutregional.com.au/rex-flight-lands-safely-at-merimbula-on-one-engine/
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/regional-express-plane-makes-emergency-landing-after-engine-catches-fire-20190830-p52m8i.html
https://www.9news.com.au/national/regional-express-plane-makes-emergency-landing-after-engine-fire-midflight-rex/aeb7fe73-666a-4246-bc29-ef6e4064c5e3
https://7news.com.au/travel/air-aviation/rex-denies-fire-before-emergency-landing-c-427749
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-30/rex-plane-makes-emergency-landing/11463934
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2019/aair/ao-2019-046/
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/RXA139/history/20190830/0950Z/YMRY/YMER
http://www.aussieairliners.org/saab/vh-rxx/vhrxx.html
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9111255
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Aug-2019 05:47 | gregh | Added |
| 30-Aug-2019 06:47 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 30-Aug-2019 06:48 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Aug-2019 13:13 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 30-Aug-2019 14:22 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2019 18:07 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Aug-2020 06:24 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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