# N851US: 1989 Fokker F.28 MK 0100, registration cancelled 2003-03-28

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 28, 2003
- Exported to: Germany
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Fokker F.28 MK 0100](https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-28-mk-0100) (registry code 4990807)
- Engine: [Rolls-Royce TAY-650-15](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-tay-650-15) (registry code 54557)
- Data sheets: [TCDS E25NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E25NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 11278
- Year built: 1989
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: August 31, 1989
- Certificate issued: February 12, 2003
- Last registry action: February 12, 2003
- Mode S code: ABACE2
- Owner when cancelled: [Wilmington Trust Co Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WILMINGTON%20TRUST%20CO%20TRUSTEE)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7357° N, 75.5321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, DE, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N851US
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=851US
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N851US-2003-03-28

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Fokker F.28 MK 0100: https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-28-mk-0100.md

## Service difficulty reports (18)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR USAAF01083](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF01083), Nov 13, 2001: POWER SUPPLY. DISCHARGED. CLT - A SECTION OF FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED A BATTERY POWER SUPPLY UNIT. (M)
- [SDR USAAF01077](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF01077), Oct 11, 2001: A/C PACK. RUPTURED. PIT-SDF - FLT 1912 - ON SHORT FINAL, CREW FELT A BUMP AS IF THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN STRUCK, AND SHORTLY AFTER HEAVY SMOKE ENTERED BOTH THE COCKPIT AND THE CABIN. 
- [SDR USAAF01011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF01011), Mar 24, 2001: INVERTER. INOPERATIVE. IND - A SECTION OF THE RIGHT FORWARD OVERWING LOW LEVEL EMERGENCY LIGHTS, AND A SECTION OF THE LEFT AFT OVERWING LOW LEVEL EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. MA
- [SDR USAA001337](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA001337), Aug 24, 2000: SKIN. CRACKED. PIT - FOUND MIDCARGO DOOR INNER SKIN BROKEN OFF WITH .25 INCH CRACK, UPPER FRAME INNER LIGHTENING HOLE. CUT OUT DAMAGE. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER. (M)
- [SDR USAAF00054](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF00054), Jul 26, 2000: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. PIT - FOUND THE FORWARD EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FORWARD BATTERY PACK. OPS CHECK OK. (M)
- [SDR USAAF00037](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF00037), May 9, 2000: WIRE. DAMAGED. RDU - LOW LEVEL LIGHTING IS OUT AT ROWS 4/5. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LOW LEVEL LIGHTING CABLE. GROUND OPS OK. (M)
- [SDR USAAF99017](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF99017), Mar 18, 1999: VALVE. FAILED. MCI - FLT 1075 - WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR APPROACH INTO MCI, CREW RECEIVED A 'NOSE GEAR UNSAFE' WARNING AND THE GREEN 'NOSE' GEAR SAFE INDICATOR DID N
- [SDR 99ZZZM264](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZM264), Mar 18, 1999: ACTUATOR. FAILED. MCI - FLT 1075 - WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR APPROACH INTO MCI, CREW RECEIVED A 'NOSE GEAR UNSAFE' WARNING AND THE GREEN 'NOSE' GEAR SAFE INDICATOR DID N
- [SDR USAAF99016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF99016), Mar 11, 1999: WARNING LIGHT. ILLUMINATED. CLT - FLT 1037 - WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR DESCENT INTO CLT, CREW RECEIVED AN 'UNSAFE GEAR' WARNING ON THE MULTI-FUNCTION DISPLAY. THE GREEN 'NOSE' GEA
- [SDR USAAF00002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF00002), Jan 3, 1999: ENGINE. VIBRATION. IND-PIT - FLT 430 - ON DESCENT, ENGINE 1 HIGH VIBRATION CAUTION WAS INDICATED ON THE MFDU. VIBRATION FELL WITHIN LIMITS ONCE THRUST LEVER WAS RETARDED TO THE ID
- [SDR USAAF97105](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF97105), Dec 29, 1997: WINDOW. OUT OF ADJUST. FLT 8079 - CRW-PIT - AFTER TAKEOFF FROM CRW, AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZED AND CAPTAIN SLIDING WINDOW WAS VERY NOISY. FLIGHT RETURNED TO CRW AND LANDED WITHOUT
- [SDR USAAF97068](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF97068), Jul 30, 1997: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. IND - DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CHECK, THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND BROKEN WIRES ON THE LIGHT ASSY, SO TH
- [SDR USAAF97039](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF97039), Apr 22, 1997: WINDOW. OFF TRACK. PWM/DCA - FLT 234 - ON CLIMB-OUT, THE LEFT SLIDING WINDOW WAS MAKING A LOT OF NOISE. FLIGHT RETURNED TO PWM WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LEFT
- [SDR USAAF97038](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF97038), Apr 16, 1997: WINDOW. OUT OF TRACK. PIT/ALB - FLT 992 - JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LEFT SLIDING WINDOW BEGAN TO MAKE NOISE INDICATING IT WAS NOT SEALED. FLIGHT RETURNED TO PIT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDEN
- [SDR USAAF96104](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF96104), Oct 14, 1996: LAMP. FAILED. EMERGENCY LIGHTS ABOVE EXIT WINDOW INOP. RELAMPED EXIT LIGHT. (M)
- [SDR USAAF96061](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF96061), Jun 21, 1996: TIRE. FAILED. PIT - FL 1050 - ON TAKEOFF, CREW FELT SLIGHT VIBRATION. VIBRATION INCREASED BEFORE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. PASSENGER REPORTED SEEING A PIECE OF RUBBER GO BY THE WIN
- [SDR USAAF96006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF96006), Jan 8, 1996: BULB. FAILED. GRR - FL 400 - CREW REPORTED, THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR GREEN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE ON GEAR EXTENSION. CREW PERFORMED A TOWER FLY-BY AND DECLARED AN EM
- [SDR USAA950113](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950113), Feb 18, 1995: RETRACT MECH. MALFUNCTIONED. GSO - FLT 884 - AFTER TAKEOFF THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. RECYCLED GEAR. ACFT RETURNED TO FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICAT

## FAA accident and incident reports (5)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Incident 20011011027249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011011027249I), Oct 11, 2001: Fokker F28MK0100 (N851US), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. (-23) No narrative.
- [Incident 19960621021899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960621021899I), Jun 21, 1996: Fokker F28MK0100 (N851US), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: on June 21, 1996, usair aircraft N851US, a F28MK0100, departed Pittsburgh international airport as flight 1050. At lift off, flight crew felt slight…
- [Incident 19930621035759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930621035759I), Jun 21, 1993: Fokker F28MK0100 (N851US), Islip, NY, Minor damage. Pilot blew four main tires on rollout. Passengers deplaned on runway. Had clogged hyd line filter on abs system.
- [Incident 19921105049049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921105049049I), Nov 5, 1992: Fokker F28MK0100 (N851US), Albany, NY. Lost cabin pressure on climb. Emergency descent. Diverted to Albany. Replaced outflow valve.
- [Incident 19920728032269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920728032269I), Jul 28, 1992: Fokker F28MK0100 (N851US), Des Moines, IA. Nose gear not fully down on approach. Encountered turbulence and gear locked down. Landed safely.

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