# Incident 19980609024679I: Fokker F28MK4000, Portland, OR, June 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1998, 18:00 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: QXEA
- Location: 45.5887° N, 122.5969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL (PDX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5887&lon=-122.5969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N488US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N488US-2002-05-17) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 3,100 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980609024679I

## Narrative

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

RUDDER FLIGHT CONTROLS CYCLED ON/PFF WITH UNCOMMANDED INPUTS OCCURRING. RETURNED TO PDX. BYPASS SWITCH INTERMITTENT.

## Other reports on N488US (2)

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

- [Incident 19951112041989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951112041989I), Nov 12, 1995: Fokker F28MK4000 (N488US), Chattanooga, TN. Narrative: during approach to Chattanooga/Lovell, TN usaa 1577, an F-28-4000 experienced an unsafe nose gear indication. A fly-by of the control tower…
- [Accident 19900616020462A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900616020462A), Jun 16, 1990: Fokker F28MK4000 (N488US), New York, NY, Substantial damage. Stopped on ramp rudder was struck by wing tip of aircraft that was in haste to taxi behind the aircraft.

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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