# Incident 20020919025829I: Fokker F27MK600, Ketchikan, AK, September 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2002, 05:50 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: COEA
- Location: 55.3541° N, 131.7112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KETCHIKAN INTL (KTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3541&lon=-131.7112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N740FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N740FE-2005-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fokker F.27MK 600 (registry code 4990706, https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-27mk-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce DART532 series (registry code 54509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart532-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F27MK600
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,121 total, 1,451 in this make and model, 221 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020919025829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09/19/2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 0600, ALASKA STANDARD TIME, AN F-27-MK600 OPERATED BY EMPIRE AIRLINES, INC. (COEA) OF COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO LANDED IN KETCHIKAN, ALASKA AND SUBSEQUENTLY BLEW OUT ALL FOUR MAIN TIRES. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A SCHEDULED CARGO FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR 121. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HEARD THE EMERGENCY BOTTLE VENTING SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING SEATTLE, WA. HE NOTICED THE GAUGE WAS IN THE YELLOW. HE STATED THAT HE WAS USING EMERGENCY BRAKING TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE FROM THE EMERGENCY BOTTLE. HE STATED THAT HE INADVERTENTLY PLACED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SWITCH IN THE HOLD POSITION INSTEAD OF THE OFF POSITION FOR LANDING. HE LANDED THE AIRPLANE WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE IN THE HOLD POSITION AND BLEW OUT ALL FOUR TIRES. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE MAIN TIRES AND WHEELS AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR FIRST OFFICER THE SOLE OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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