# Incident 19981006044519I: Fokker F28MK4000, Las Vegas, NV, October 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1998, 09:00 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N492US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N492US-2004-11-09) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981006044519I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL THE PILOT TOOK CONTROL FROM THE CO-PILOT AS RUDDER INPUTS WERE APARANTLY RESERVED. INVESTIGATION BY MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT THE RUDDER-CONTROL RODS HAD BEEN REVERSES AT THE UPPER INPUT LEVERS ON THE C0-PILOT SIDE. THE PILOT CONTROLS WERE NORMAL. RECORD REVIEW TO DATE HAS NOT IDENTIFIED A MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY WHICH WOULD HAVE DISCONNECTED THE RUDDER CONTROLS. THESE RECORDS ARE FROM AN OPERATOR WHICH IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS. THE CURRENT OPERATOR HAS MADE CHANGES TO JOB CARDS TO ADDRES THIS SITUATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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