# Accident 20011003037319A: Fokker F28MK0100, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, October 3, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2001, 09:00 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.8911° N, 97.0358° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8911&lon=-97.0358&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1448A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1448A-2006-02-21) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011003037319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 3, 2001, PRIOR TO LANDING AT DFW AND FOLLOWING GEAR EXTENSION A MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE MFDU INDICATING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS UNSAFE. AFTER DETERMINING THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT DFW UNEVENTFULLY. AFTER COMING TO A FULL STOP ON THE RUNWAY, MAINTENANCE ARRIVED AND PREPARED TO TOW THE AIRCRAFT. NUMEROUS CAUTIONS IN THE AFM, MM, AND PLACARDS LOCATED ON THE NOSE GEAR DOOR WARN PERSONNEL OF A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE IF THE MESSAGE IS PRESENT ON THE MFDU INDICATING AN UNSAFE GEAR AND NOT TO TOW. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE NOT GIVEN ENOUGH INFORMATION PRIOR TO BEING DISPATCHED TO PROPERLY ASSESS THE ACTIONS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN. THE CAPTAIN INFORMED MAINTENANCE THAT HE THOUGHT A STRAP WAS REQUIRED TO SECURE THE GEAR BEFORE MOVING THE AIRCRAFT, BUT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT THE AIRCRAFT WERE IN COMMUNICATION WITH A SUPERVISOR WHO WAS LOOKING IN THE MM FOR SPECIAL NOSE LANDING GEAR SECURING PROCEDURES, AND HE REPORTED TWICE THAT HE COULD NOT FIND A STRAPPING REQUIREMENT, HENCE THE TOW WAS COMMENDED. AS SOON AS THE AIRCRAFT BRAKES WERE RELEASED THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED BECAUSE THE DOWNLOCK PLUNGER WAS NOT ENGAGED INTO THE DOWNLOCK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW02FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA003), Oct 3, 2001: Fokker F28 Mk 0100 (N1448A), DFW Airport, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse of the nose landing gear as a result of the failure of company maintenance personnel to follow the proper procedures for a towing the airplane with an unsafe nose landing gear…

## Other reports on N1448A (1)

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

- [Incident 19970421011189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970421011189I), Apr 21, 1997: Fokker F28MK1000 (N1448A), Minneapolis, MN. Narrative: while deplaning passengers,the ramp personnel noticed smoke coming over fuselage from the left engine. Fire contained inside core engine and…

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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