Narrative:

On departure at approximately 300 feet AGL we experienced an unscheduled feather of the number two engine. We accomplished the immediate actions including the engine fail plan and checklists as per SOP. We did fully shut down the engine once directed to in the checklist. As we made our turn toward our chosen runway for landing; we canceled our visual approach at 1500 feet and returned to 3000 feet because the PNF; who was on his first trip off of IOE; missed the ptu (power transfer unit) on selection on single engine landing checklist. Rather than scramble; I chose to climb back up and try again. We got a vector and asked for extended vectors to accomplish the checklists. Once everything was completed; we proceeded and landed with the visual approach. I (PF) elected to use the hgs (head-up guidance system) as its use is suggested per the checklist. The approach and landing were stable and the landing was smooth and without incident. Fire department personnel greeted us and did a quick visual inspection for any abnormalities; after which they sent us on our way. Once on the ground; the aircraft cooling system was not performing at a temperature sufficient to cool the aircraft adequately. As such; I elected to taxi the aircraft until we reached a point on the ramp that we could be connected to a tug and pulled into the gate. In order to be tugged; the ramp agents that greeted us wanted the number one shutdown. We did have one customer complain about the cabin temperature; and once at the gate we allowed that customer off the aircraft first in order to avoid any possible medical issues.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Dash-8 flight crew reported returning to the departure airport following an inflight shutdown of the Number 2 engine.

Narrative: On departure at approximately 300 feet AGL we experienced an unscheduled feather of the number two engine. We accomplished the immediate actions including the engine fail plan and checklists as per SOP. We did fully shut down the engine once directed to in the checklist. As we made our turn toward our chosen runway for landing; we canceled our visual approach at 1500 feet and returned to 3000 feet because the PNF; who was on his first trip off of IOE; missed the PTU (Power Transfer Unit) ON selection on single engine landing checklist. Rather than scramble; I chose to climb back up and try again. We got a vector and asked for extended vectors to accomplish the checklists. Once everything was completed; we proceeded and landed with the visual approach. I (PF) elected to use the HGS (Head-Up Guidance System) as its use is suggested per the checklist. The approach and landing were stable and the landing was smooth and without incident. Fire Department personnel greeted us and did a quick visual inspection for any abnormalities; after which they sent us on our way. Once on the ground; the aircraft cooling system was not performing at a temperature sufficient to cool the aircraft adequately. As such; I elected to taxi the aircraft until we reached a point on the ramp that we could be connected to a tug and pulled into the gate. In order to be tugged; the ramp agents that greeted us wanted the number one shutdown. We did have one customer complain about the cabin temperature; and once at the gate we allowed that customer off the aircraft first in order to avoid any possible medical issues.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.