# N859US: 1990 Fokker F.28 MK 0100, registration cancelled 2003-03-25

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 25, 2003
- Exported to: United Kingdom
- 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: 11293
- Year built: 1990
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: March 9, 1990
- Certificate issued: March 3, 2003
- Last registry action: March 3, 2003
- Mode S code: ABCA9A
- Owner when cancelled: [Aircraft Finance Services Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIRCRAFT%20FINANCE%20SERVICES%20INC)
- Location: [Miami, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 25.7655° N, 80.1843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33131, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N859US
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=859US
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N859US-2003-03-25

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 (19)

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

- [SDR USAAF01080](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF01080), Nov 1, 2001: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. CLT - THE EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES. (M)
- [SDR USAAF01058](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF01058), Jul 28, 2001: BATTERY PACK. INOPERATIVE. GSO - THE EMERGENCY MARKER LIGHTS IN THE ENTRY AREA WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NR 1 BATTERY PACK. OPERATIONALLY CHECKED OK. (M)
- [SDR USAAF00072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF00072), Sep 30, 2000: DOWNLOCK SWITCH. FAILED. STL-CLT - FLT 1276 - THE LEFT LANDING GEAR LIGHT STAYS GREN WITH GEAR UP. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT LANDING GEAR PRIMARY
- [SDR USAAF00055](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF00055), Jul 29, 2000: ENGINE. MALFUNCTIONED. LEX-PIT - FLT 280 - THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN, APPROX 66 MILES FROM PIT, DUE TO SEVERE VIBRATION. ENCOUNTERED MODERATE RAIN AND ENGINE ANTI-ICE WAS IN USE DU
- [SDR USAAF99042](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF99042), Aug 28, 1999: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. RDU - FOUND FORWARD FLOOR PROXIMITY LIGHTS AND NR 1 AISLE CEILING LIGHT INOPERATIVE DURING EMERGENCY LIGHT TEST. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK AND SUPPL
- [SDR USAAF99029](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF99029), May 28, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. IND - FOUND FORWARD ENTRY EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY PACK. (X)
- [SDR USAAF99018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF99018), Apr 1, 1999: AIR DIST. ODOR. ALB - FLT 701 - WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 2000 FEET, A FLIGHT ATTENDANT INFORMED THE FLIGHT CREW OF A BURNING ODOR IN THE CABIN AROUND LEFT ROW 17. THE CREW DECLRE
- [SDR USAAF99005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF99005), Jan 17, 1999: SWITCH. MALFUNCTIONED. PIT - FLT 1534 - AFTER TAKEOFF FROM PIT, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A LIGHTNING STRIKE. THE LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE FLIGHT CREW S
- [SDR 99ZZZM156](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZM156), Jan 17, 1999: TRANSMITTER. MALFUNCTIONED. PIT - FLT 1534 - AFTER TAKEOFF FROM PIT, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A LIGHTNING STRIKE. THE LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE FLIGHT CREW S
- [SDR USAAF97085](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF97085), Oct 28, 1997: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. IND - DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE VISIT, THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT LOCATED ABOVE THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE POWER SUPPLY.
- [SDR USAAF97051](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF97051), Jun 24, 1997: CONTROL UNIT. FAILED. FLT 854 - CLT-PNS - ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO PNS, AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT, UPON COMPLETION OF APU START, CREW RECEIVED RED 'APU FIRE' WARNING. APU AUTO SHUTDO
- [SDR USAAF97025](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAAF97025), Mar 5, 1997: RADOME. DAMAGED. MDT - FL 1861 - AFTER TAKEOFF FROM PHL, CREW NOTED BIRD STRIKE ON LEFT SIDE OF NOSE. NO ADVERSE EFFECTS WERE NOTED ON COCKPIT GAUGES. FLIGHT CONTINUED. AT APPRO
- [SDR USAA960612](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA960612), Sep 17, 1996: FRAME. CRACKED. PIT - DURING Q-1 CHECK, FOUND 3 INCH CRACKS (2 EACH) AND .075 INCH CRACKS (2 EACH) AT FUSELAGE CENTER WING FRONT SPAR FRAME AND ANGLES AT STA 11 (LHS) AND STA 6
- [SDR USAA960611](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA960611), Sep 17, 1996: SKIN. DELAMINATED. PIT - DURING Q-1 CHECK, FOUND 4 INCH BY 4 INCH DENT/DELAMINATION LT ELEVATOR BETWEEN RIB 215 AND RIB 1265. REPLACED AND REPAIRED DAMAGED SKIN AND HONEYCOMB CORE
- [SDR USAA960610](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA960610), Sep 17, 1996: SKIN. DELAMINATED. PIT - DURING Q-1 CHECK, FOUND 3 INCH BY 3 INCH DENT/DELAMINATION AT RT ELEVATOR JUST INBOARD OF RIB 1265. REPAIRED AND REPLACED DAMAGED SKIN AND HONEYCOMB CORE 
- [SDR USAA951038](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA951038), Sep 27, 1995: FIRE WARNING. ACTIVATED. CLT - FL 1229, ON APPROACH, CREW RECEIVED APU FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND APU AUTO SHUTDOWN. THE APU FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED AUTOMATICALLY. THE APPROACH CONTINUED AND
- [SDR USAA950450](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950450), May 7, 1995: SENSOR. FAULTY. MCO - FLT 0244 - AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CAPTAIN RECEIVED A FLAP DISAGREEMENT LIGHT. THE FLAPS WERE RECYCLED BUT THE INDICATAION STILL REMAINED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED
- [SDR USAA950408](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950408), Apr 23, 1995: ACTUATORS. FAILED. SRQ-TPA - FLT 2030 - ON TAKEOFF CREW RECEIVED RIGHT LANDING ALERT AFTER GEAR UP SELECTION, GEAR INDICATIONS NORMAL. RECYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES AND DIVERTED FLI
- [SDR USAA950359](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA950359), Apr 6, 1995: CONTROL ROD. OUT OF ADJUST. MCO - FLT 1203 - FLIGHT RETURNED TO MCO DUE TO GEAR DOOR RETRACT PROBLEM. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED THE CONTROL ROD. OPERATIO

## FAA accident and incident reports (4)

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 19990627022709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990627022709I), Jun 27, 1999: Fokker F28MK0100 (N859US), Raleigh-Durham, NC, Minor damage. During pushback from jetway at rdu, the horizontal stabilizer of usaa 460 (N859) contacted the horizontal stabilizer of usa 1282 (N897) parked at an adjacent…
- [Incident 19970305007289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970305007289I), Mar 5, 1997: Fokker F28MK0100 (N859US), Middletown, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: on March 5, 1997, at 1855 hours a Fokker 28, model MK0100, registration number 859US, registered to us air inc, and made an emergency landing at the…
- [Incident 19950927035709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950927035709I), Sep 27, 1995: Fokker F28MK0100 (N859US), Charlotte, NC. APU fire light came on descent to clt. Used fire bottles. Landed. No fire. Caused by steep descent angle. Overheat.
- [Incident 19950626021679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950626021679I), Jun 26, 1995: Fokker F28MK0100 (N859US), Kansas City, MO. No gear down lights. Other panel lights unop. Landed safe. Reset flap assemetry. All lights worked.

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