Avro 146 incident near Tambo International Airport, Za, April 12, 2019
On April 12, 2019, a Avro 146, registered ZSSSJ, was involved in an incident during initial climb near Tambo International Airport. It was flown under rules the NTSB did not record. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- April 12, 2019
- Place
- Tambo International Airport, South Africa
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Avro 146 RJ85
- Registration
- ZSSSJ · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · rules the NTSB did not record
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
The South Africa Accident and Incident Investigation Division (AIID) has notified the United States, as the State of Design and Manufacture for the Engines, of an engine in-flight shut down incident involving a BAE Aero 146 RJ85A, ZS-SSJ, that occurred near O.R. Tambo International Airport, Gauteng Province (FAOR) on March 27, 2019. All investigative information will be released by the AIID.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Unknown or undetermined during initial climb defining event
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine 1:; 0 hours total
- Engine 2:; 0 hours total
- Engine 3:; 0 hours total
- Engine 4:; 0 hours total
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.