British BAE-146-200

Summary

On 1 May 2005, a British BAE-146-200, operated by Club Air, was involved in an incident near Verona, Italy. The number of people on board was not recorded. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 May 2005

Classification

Incident

Location

Verona, Italy

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

British BAE-146-200

Registration

Not recorded

Category

Airplane

Operator

Club Air

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Florence → Tirana

Aircraft damage

Minor

NTSB number

ENG05RA011

Injuries not recorded.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On May 1, 2005, a Club Air British Aerospace BAE-146-200 airplane, registered in Italy as I-FLRI, experienced an uncontained release of turbine material from the No. 2 engine, a Honeywell ALF502R-5 turbofan, as the airplane was climbing through 15,000 feet near Verona, Italy. The airplane was enroute from Florence, Italy to Tirana, Albania. The pilots stated that as there were climbing through 15,000 feet, they heard a noise and felt a vibration from the engine. The pilots further reported that the performed the engine fire/severed damage checklist procedures and diverted to Verona for an uneventful three-engine landing. The investigation of this incident is under the jurisdiction of the Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo (ANSV). This report is for information purposes only and contains information that was released by or obtained from the Government of Italy. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained from: Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo Via A. Benigni, 53-00156 Rome, Italy

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.