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| Date: | Monday 23 December 2019 |
| Time: | 11:17 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-271N |
| Owner/operator: | GoAir |
| Registration: | VT-WGL |
| MSN: | 7813 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2017 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PW1127G-JM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 139 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Guwahati-Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU) -
 India
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Guwahati-Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU/VEGT) |
| Kolkata-Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU/VECC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
GoAir flight G8546, an Airbus A320neo, returned to land at Guwahati, India, after experiencing engine vibrations and a compressor stall on initial climb. The pilot shut down the engine (PW1127G) as a precaution and the aircraft landed safely.
During a ground inspection LPT stage 3 blades were found damaged.
The incident was similar to series of other events where LPT 3rd stage blades failed during operation.
PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT
The incident was caused by failure of LPT 3rd stage blades in flight as the blade material lacked crack growth resistance and damage tolerance to withstand any impact from material that may have liberated upstream.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vt-wgl#2348a5e5
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/event/incident-grave-de-lairbus-a320-immatricule-vt-wgl-exploite-par-go-survenu-le-23122019-a-guwahati/
Media:
"All other engine parameters were fluctuating. Pilot shut down engine as precaution.
— Saurabh Sinha (@27saurabhsinha) December 24, 2019
During ground inspection LPT stage 3 blades were found damaged," DGCA official says.
GoAir, PW comments awaited
Second PW engine trouble for Go in a week
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2019 10:06 | harro | Added |
| 03-Jan-2020 17:01 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 11-Feb-2022 20:33 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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