# Accident 20020306003829A: Fokker F28MK0100, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, March 6, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2002, 07:15 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.8853° N, 97.0403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8853&lon=-97.0403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1425A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1425A-2004-07-23) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020306003829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING DEICING AT DFW TYPE I DEICING FLUID AND POSSIBLY ICE RUNOFF WAS INGESTED INTO THE APU INLET. THE SUBSTANCE INGESTED CAUSED THE APU TO OVERSPEED AND RESULT IN THE TURBINE WHEEL BREAKING APART AND LIBERATING FROM THE APU. FRAGMENTS PENETRATED THE AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD IN THREE LOCATIONS WITH ONE LARGE PIECE COMING TO REST IN A FIRST AID KIT STORED BENEATH THE AFT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS JUMP SEAT.

## 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 FTW02LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA088), Mar 6, 2002: Fokker F-28 MK-100 (N1425A), Dallas, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The ground crew inadvertent application of deicing fluid in the auxiliary power unit resulting in an overspeed and turbine wheel burst. A contributing factor was the gusty wind.

## Other reports on N1425A (2)

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

- [Incident 19950818031849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950818031849I), Aug 18, 1995: Fokker F28MK0100 (N1425A), Ottawa, CN. NR3 wheel brake froze. Brake fire erupted. Evacuated. Fire went out. Brake assembly was replaced.
- [Incident 19921022054429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921022054429I), Oct 22, 1992: Fokker F28MK0100 (N1425A), Cleveland, OH. NR2 engine failed en route. Precautionary landing at Cleveland. Suspect high speed gear inclined quill shaft problem

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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