# Incident 19960209005399I: Fokker F28MK0100, Ithaca, NY, February 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1996, 23:45 local time
- Place: Ithaca, NY
- Airport: Tompkins County
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 42.4439° N, 76.5031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4439&lon=-76.5031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N899US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N899US-2003-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fokker F.28 MK 0100 (registry code 4990807, https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-28-mk-0100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F28MK0100
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,477 total, 1,276 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960209005399I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEB. 9, 1996 AT APPROX. 2345 EST A US AIR FK100 FLIGHT 1154 LANDED AT ITH AIRPORT WITHOUT RUNWAY LIGHTS ON/ACTIVATED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PIT AIRPORT ON 2/9/96 AT APPROX. 2200 EST. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N899US (1)

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

- [Incident 19941020041399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941020041399I), Oct 20, 1994: Fokker F28MK0100 (N899US), New York, NY. Speed brake extended at 500 mph. Caused pitch ups and downs prior disconnect. Post incident no anomalies found.

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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