# Incident 19970421011189I: Fokker F28MK1000, Minneapolis, MN, April 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1997, 23:15 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1448A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1448A-2006-02-21) (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 F28MK1000
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 987 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970421011189I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE DEPLANING PASSENGERS,THE RAMP PERSONNEL NOTICED SMOKE COMING OVER FUSELAGE FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. FIRE CONTAINED INSIDE CORE ENGINE AND EXTINGUISHED USING RAMP FIRE BOTTLE.. MAINTENANCE FOUND FUEL SHUTOFF TELEFLEX CONTROL WAS NOT CONTACTING STOP. RIGGED TELEFLEX CONTROL. ENGINE WAS REPLACED DUE TO FIRE AND OIL LEAK FOUND DURING INSPECTION AT NUMBER ONE ENGINE OIL LINE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N1448A (1)

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

- [Accident 20011003037319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011003037319A), Oct 3, 2001: Fokker F28MK0100 (N1448A), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, No damage. (-23) On October 3, 2001, prior to landing at dfw and following gear extension a message appeared on the mfdu indicating the nose landing gear was unsafe.…

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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