# Incident 19960712021189I: Fokker F28MK4000, Pittsburgh, PA, July 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1996, 10:33 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- 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: N482US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N482US-2002-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fokker F.28 MK4000 (registry code 4990810, https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-28-mk4000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F28MK4000
- People aboard: 40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,352 total, 2,857 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960712021189I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 12, 1996, AT 10:30 AM, A USAIR F28MK4000, AIRCRAFT N482US, OPERATING AS FLIGHT 1606, ATTEMPTED TAKE-OFF AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL AT 123 KTS #3 TIRE FAILED. CREW ABORTED TAKE-OFF AND AS AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING TO TAXIWAY WHISKEY, THE #4 TIRE FUSE PLUG RELEASED. AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON TAXIWAY AND THE #1 AND 2 TIRE FUSE PLUGS RELEASED. REPAIRS WERE MADE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N482US (1)

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

- [Incident 19901024058829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901024058829I), Oct 24, 1990: Fokker F28MK4000 (N482US), Columbia, SC. Left gear showed unsafe condition landed without incident.

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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