ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 191653
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| Date: | Thursday 4 August 2005 |
| Time: | 07:48 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | Flybe |
| Registration: | G-JECE |
| MSN: | 4094 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Wh1tney PW150A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 59 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Near Leeds, West Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Birmingham Airport (BHX) |
| Edinburgh Airport (EDI) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Shortly after initiating a descent, an oily smell was noticed on the flight deck, almost immediately followed by a smoke build-up in the flight deck and cabin. The flight crew carried out the initial part of the smoke checklist procedure, declared an emergency and carried out a diversion. The cabin crew members donned smoke hoods, which caused appreciable communication difficulties, and prepared the cabin for an emergency landing. After landing, an emergency evacuation was carried out, without injury. The smoke was found to be the result of fatigue cracking of a compressor support member of the No 2 engine. This had led to damage to an oil seal, allowing oil to leak into the bleed air supplying one of the air conditioning units. Fleet modification action aimed at preventing fatigue cracking of the component and at improving the affected oil seal was completed on all of the operator’s fleet by July 2006. No means of rapidly ascertaining the source of the smoke was available to the crew. Carrying out the subsequent actions prescribed in the checklist would have stopped the supply of smoke but the procedure was relatively protracted and could not be completed because of a high flight crew workload associated with the diversion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fb8c40f0b613460008df/Bombardier_DHC-8-400__G-JECE_04-07.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Nov-2016 19:46 | harro | Added |
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