Boeing 767 VH-OGO

Summary

On 12 November 2010 at about 07:26 local time, a Boeing 767 registered VH-OGO, operated by Qantas Airways Limited, was involved in an incident near Perth, Australia, Australia. The number of people on board was not recorded. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 November 2010 at 07:26

Classification

Incident

Location

Perth, Australia, Australia

Coordinates

-31.9333, 115.9667

Aircraft

Boeing 767

Registration

VH-OGO

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Qantas Airways Limited

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Perth → Melbourne

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

ENG11WA003

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 12 November 2010, a Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338 airplane, registered VH-OGO, departed from Perth, Western Australia as flight QF768, a scheduled passenger service to Melbourne, New South Wales. Shortly after departure, the crew felt an engine vibration and heard popping. The engines are General Electric CF6-80C2. The captain elected to pull the #1 engine back to idle and subsequently requested a return back to Perth where the airplane landed without further incident. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Australia. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canberra A.C.T. 2608 Australia Tel.: (61) 2 6274-6464 (61) 2 6257-4150 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (61) 2 6274-6474 AFTN: ASCOYLYX Website: http://www.atsb.gov.au The ATSB case number for this event is 201007904. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for, or released by, the Government of Australia.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.