# Incident 19920310008039I: Fokker F27MK100, Traverse City, MI, March 10, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1992, 11:30 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Cherry Capital
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 44.7416° N, 85.5819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHERRY CAPITAL (TVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7416&lon=-85.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N268MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N268MA-1997-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fokker F27 (registry code 4990614, https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F27MK100
- Reported engine: RROYCE DART5327R
- People aboard: 38
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,864 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 169 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920310008039I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE WENT TO AUTOFEATHER DURING CRUISE. ENGINE FIRE WARNING. FIRED BOTTLES. LANDED AT NEAREST AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N268MA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900508025019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900508025019I), May 8, 1990: Fokker F27FOKKER* (N268MA), Lincoln, NE. NR2 engine low oil pressure warning. Shut engine down. Found compressor o ring seal damaged allowing oil leak.
- [Incident 19900507024249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900507024249I), May 7, 1990: Fokker F27FOKKER* (N268MA), Hayward, WI. NR2 engine oil pressure warning. Shut down and landed. Propeller sync alternator and pneumatic compressor leaking.

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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