Dash 8-200
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Time Pressure; Situational Awareness; Workload
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; General Maintenance Action; General Declared Emergency; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Aircraft
After receiving Type 1 fluid at the deice pad; we taxied to runway 4L for departure. Upon reaching 500 feet and starting my turn to 060 heading on SID; we had an unscheduled feather. I immediately realized there was an engine abnormality by the noise change of the engine; and the rudder inputs. We performed the memory action items for a #2 engine failure below acceleration height; flew the engine failure departure procedure. While I flew the aircraft; the First Officer ran our Engine Failure checklist; and we requested vectors back around for the ILS to 4L. We informed the Flight Attendant of our issue and of our intentions; I spoke with the passengers; and we had Operations contact Dispatch. We landed the aircraft without further incident; and taxied back to our assigned gate. Without fully knowing why the event happened; I cannot make any suggestions at this time.
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A DHC-8-200 right engine auto-feathered after takeoff. The Below Acceleration Height Checklist was completed and the flight returned to the departure airport.