# Incident 20001018029879I: Fokker F28MK0100, Richmond, VA, October 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2000, 15:17 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N883US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N883US-2003-04-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fokker F.28 MK 0100 (registry code 4990807, https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-28-mk-0100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F28MK0100
- People aboard: 54
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 7,200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001018029879I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON OCTOBER 18, 2000, 1517 LOCAL A US AIRWAYS FLIGHT 1449 A FOLKER F28MK0100 LANDED RW34 AFTER REPORTING A HYDRAULIC PROBLEM INBOUND AND EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH. UPON LANDING THE GEAR DOORS WERE OBSERVED OPEN AND DRAGING ON THE RUNWAY.  COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL MET THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY, PINNED THE GEAR AND TOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GATE.  PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANNED AT THE GATE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. AN ON SCENE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED A LOSS OF HYDRULIC FLUID IN THE NUMBER 1 SYSTEM OCCURRED DUE TO FAULURE OF THE AFT GEAR RIGHT DOOR ACTUATOR CYLINDER PN 12525-21 S/N MC1702.  THE CYLINER UPON EXAMINATION APPEARED TO BE CRACKED PRIOR TO A COMPLETE FAILURE AT THE ROD END SIDE OF THE ACTUATOR BELOW THE GLAND NUT.  A COMPANY SPECIAL ACTION TAG WAS ATTACHED TO THE ACRATOR FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE SUSPECTED FAILED PART.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO A MAIN MAINTENANCE BASE FOR REPAIR AND OR REPLACEMENT OF THE MAIN GEAR DOORS.

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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