AD9169 - Incident: Azul AT72 at Sao Jose do Rio Preto on Dec 7th 2021

An Azul Linhas Aereas Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration PR-AQP performing flight AD-9169 from Sao Jose do Rio Preto,SP to Belo Horizonte,MG (Brazil) with 52 passengers and 4 crew, was climbing out of Sao Jose when the crew stopped the climb at about 9000 feet due to a fault indication for the right hand engine (PW127M). The aircraft returned to Sao Jose for a safe landing on runway 25 about 20 minutes after departure.

Brazil's CENIPA rated the occurrence an incident.

The aircraft had suffered a similiar incident involving the left hand engine 6 days earlier, see Incident: Azul AT72 at Belo Horizonte on Dec 1st 2021, engine failure.