# Incident 19940421008729I: Fokker F27MK600, San Antonio, TX, April 21, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1994, 04:25 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N741FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N741FE-2009-01-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fokker F.27MK 600 (registry code 4990706, https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-27mk-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F27MK600
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940421008729I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR LEVER FAILED AS AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO GATE. NOSE WHEEL FOLDED, METAL FATIGUE IN NOSE WHEEL LEVER ASEMBLY.

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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