# Incident 20000215002869I: Fokker F28MK4000, Yakima, WA, February 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2000, 21:25 local time
- Place: Yakima, WA
- Airport: Yakima Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: QXEA
- Location: 46.5909° N, 120.5494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yakima, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5909&lon=-120.5494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N494US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N494US-2007-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fokker F.28 MK4000 (registry code 4990810, https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-28-mk4000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce SPEY-555-15 (registry code 54521, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-spey-555-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F28MK4000
- People aboard: 67
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 2,200 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/20000215002869I

## Narrative

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

EN ROUTE, CABIN CREW NOTICED HAZE IN CABIN, CREW DIVERTED TO YKM, PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY LANGING. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED NUMBER TWO ACM HAD FAILED.  SELF DISCLOSURE, SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED FOD INDUCED BY GROUND CREW.

## Other reports on N494US (1)

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

- [Incident 19900927048579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900927048579I), Sep 27, 1990: Fokker F28MK4000 (N494US), Lexington, KY, Minor damage. Main cabin door warning on departure. Returned and landed safely.

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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