# Incident 19990315021399I: Fokker F28MK0100, Indianapolis, IN, March 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1999, 01:35 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N896US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N896US-2003-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fokker F.28 MK 0100 (registry code 4990807, https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-28-mk-0100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce TAY-650-15 (registry code 54557, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-tay-650-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F28MK0100
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990315021399I

## Narrative

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

ON 3/15/99 AT 0135 LOCAL TIME A US AIRWAYS F-28, N896US FLIGHT 569 ENROUTE TO IND FROM LGA EXPERIENCED NOSE GEAR INDICATION PROBLEM ON APPROACH TO IND. THE GEAR WAS MANUALLY EXTENEDED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT IND AND WAS TOWED TO THE GATE  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE FEDEX HANGAR.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED THE LANDING GEAR LUBRICATED AND INSPECTED AND NUMEROUS GEAR SWINGS WERE PERFORMED WITH GREEN LIGHTS EACH TIME.  NO DEFECTS WITH THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOTED.  END.

## Other reports on N896US (1)

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

- [Incident 19960619019639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960619019639I), Jun 19, 1996: Fokker F28MK0100 (N896US), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: on 06/19/96, usair flight 1193 departed phl for mci. En route the captains EFIS lighting failed. The first officer EFIS lighting remained…

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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