# Incident 20020620036109I: Fokker F28MK0100, Memphis, TN, June 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2002, 09:10 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1460A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1460A-2004-05-26) (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
- Reported engine: RROYCE TAY65015
- People aboard: 67
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020620036109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMERICAN AIRLINES, FLIGHT #2069, REGISTRATION N1460, F-28 FOKKER, FLIGHT PLAN CVG-DFW, DIVERTED INTO MEM, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE HAD A LOSS OF FUEL AND ODORS WERE IN THE CABIN. AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 18L AND AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS PERFORMED. ALL FOUR OVER-WING HATCHES AND THE TWO FORWARD DOORS WERE UTILIZED. THE ESCAPE SLIDES ON THE FORWARD DOORS WERE ACTIVATED. NO SERIOUS INJURIES TO THE 68 PEOPLE ONBOARD. ONE FEMALE PASSENGER SUSTAINED LEG BURNS/ABRASIONS FROM NYLON/SLIDE CONTACT. IT IS NOT KNOW AS TO TIME TAKEN TO CONDUCT EXIT, NOR WHICH EXITS WERE CONSIDERED PRIMARY. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE AT MEM (GLOBE) DISCOVERED THE BOSS LINE TO THE FUEL GOVERNOR LOOSE, BOTH RETAINING BOLTS WERE FINGER LOOSE AND NOT SAFETIED. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N1460A (1)

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

- [Incident 19990609029939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990609029939I), Jun 9, 1999: Fokker F28MK0100 (N1460A), Sioux Falls, SD. (-23) While N1460A was enroute from msp to dfw, flight attendant advised cockpit crew that something was burning in the galley, smoke and source could not be…

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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