# Incident 19880214013789I: Fokker F27MK500, Milwaukee, WI, February 14, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1988, 07:20 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell Field
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWAA
- Location: 42.9469° N, 87.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-87.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501AW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F27MK500
- Reported engine: RROYCE DART5517R
- People aboard: 46
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880214013789I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT FUEL TRIM INDICATOR GIVING FAULTY READING. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. FOUND FAULTY LEFT FUEL TRIMMER SWITCH.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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