# Incident 19970915036729I: Fokker F28MK4000, Spokane, WA, September 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1997, 05:16 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Spokane International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: QXEA
- Location: 47.6190° N, 117.5352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPOKANE INTL (GEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6190&lon=-117.5352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N475AU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N475AU-2002-12-18) (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: 37
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,294 total, 2,086 in this make and model, 211 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970915036729I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE AND AIT LAV ALARM ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. OIL IN APU DUCTS. CAUSED SMOKE. REPLACED.

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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