# Incident 19990521021819I: Fokker F28MK0100, South Bend, IN, May 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1999, 12:07 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N882US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N882US-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
- People aboard: 77
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,150 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990521021819I

## Narrative

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

(FROM .19 THIS INCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY NTSB) ON MAY 21, 1999, AT 1207 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A FOKKER F-100, N882US, OPERATED BY US AIRWAYS, INCORPORATED, AS PASSENGER FLIGHT 1240, AND PILOTED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED FLIGHT CREW, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT DEPARTED THE LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY 27L (7,099' X 150' DRY ASPHALT) AT THE MICHIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.  THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AFTER THE AIRPLANE'S NUMBER 2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM HAD FAILED.  THE NUMBER ONE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS SHUT DOWN AFTER THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED A FAULT INDICATION SHORTLY AFTER SHUTTING THE NUMBER 2 SYSTEM DOWN.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT.  THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOTS, 2 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, AND 73 PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, EXACT TIME UNKNOWN.  THE FLIGHT CREW USED ACCUMULATOR PRESSURE TO SLOW THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE STOPPED WITH ITS LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOST GEAR TIRES OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  ITS RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY, ONE OF ITS TIRES HAD BLOWN DURING THE STOPPING ACTION.  THE PASSE NGERS WERE DEPLANED USING THE AIR-STAIR DOOR AND BUSED TO THE TERMINAL. INITIAL EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED HYDRAULIC FLUID COVERING THE RIGHT ENGINE AND ENGINE NACELLE'S INTERIOR.  ONE OF THE ENGINE-DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMPS HAD SEPARATED FROM ITS MOUNTING FLANGE.                            (-23)AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND TO SOUTH BEND FROM PITTSBURG. AIRCRAFT CHECKED WITH SBM APPROACH STATING A HYDRAULIC PROBLEM AND DECLARED EMERGENCY.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 27L AND ROLLED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY, LEAVING A/C DISABLED ON RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE GEAR AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR IN THE GRASS.  RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY.  THE NUMBER THREE TIRE WAS BLOWN DURING STOPPING ACTION.  THERE WERE 68 PASSENGERS AND 5 CREWMEMBERS ON BOARD.  PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANNED VIA THE STAIR WAY.  NO ONE WAS INJURED.

## Other reports on N882US (1)

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

- [Incident 19911221059819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911221059819I), Dec 21, 1991: Fokker F28MK0100 (N882US), Buffalo, NY. Unsafe left main gear light on final. Made go-around. Landed safely. Replaced left gear down lock proximity switch.

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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