# Incident 19940128003329I: Fokker F28MK0100, Pittsburgh, PA, January 28, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1994, 07:15 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1435D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1435D-2005-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fokker F.28 MK 0100 (registry code 4990807, https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-28-mk-0100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce TAY-650-15 (registry code 54557, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-tay-650-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F28MK0100
- Reported engine: RROYCE TAY65015
- People aboard: 39
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 612 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940128003329I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: INTERVIEWED THE CAPTAIN, FIRST OFFICER, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, AND GROUND CREW. THE PILOTS STARTED THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE FOLLOWED BY NUMBER TWO. BLEED PRESSURE WAS 25-30 PSI. ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL WITH NORMAL STARTER CUTOUT. APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE AFTER THE #2 ENGINE WAS STARTED, THEY HAD AN INDICATION OF A #2 ENGINE FAILURE (MFDS ENG. FAIL AND A LIGHT IN THE FUEL HANDLE). NO COCKPIT FIRE INDICATIONS WERE PRESENT. THE GROUND CREWMAN OBSERVED FIRE IN THE #2 ENGINE AND SIGNALED THE CREWMAN WHO WAS ON HEADSET WHO THEN RELAYED IT OVER INTERPHONE TO THE CAPTAIN. THE CAPTAIN ORDERED EVACUATION THROUGH THE ENTRANCE DOOR AND JETWAY. ALL 35 PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED DOWN THE JETWAY WITH NO PROBLEMS. FIRE TRUCKS WERE CALLED AND RESPONDED.

## Other reports on N1435D (1)

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

- [Incident 19950804027209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950804027209I), Aug 4, 1995: Fokker F28MK0100 (N1435D), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Lost hydraulic quanity. Diverted to dfw. Found cracked union beneath passenger cabin floor.

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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