# Incident 20021107030859I: Fokker F27MK200, Merced, CA, November 7, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2002, 10:52 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced Municipal/Mac Ready
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: OIZA
- Location: 37.2847° N, 120.5140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Merced Regional Macready Field (MCE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2847&lon=-120.5140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N278MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N278MA-2009-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fokker F.27-200 (registry code 4990620, https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-27-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce DART532 series (registry code 54509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart532-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F27MK200
- People aboard: 25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,491 total, 1,851 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021107030859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FAA OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT CONCERNING A FOKKER F-27 AIRCRAFT OPERATING UNDER SCENIC AIRLINE, INC., WHICH REPORTED A FIRE INDICATION ON THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND SECURED THE NUMBER 2 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLIGHT MANUAL AND QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK (QRH) AND THEN LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AT MERCED MUNI/MACREADY FIELD (MCE). THE CREW ELECTED NOT TO DISCHARGE THE FIRE AGENTS INTO THE ENGINE WHICH WERE DUE TO VARIOUS REASONS; THESE WERE BEING INSIDE THE FINAL APPROACH FIX WITH POOR VISIBILITY, THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION WHICH THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED. UPON LANDING, THE CREW STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AND WITH THE "WARNING HORN" AND "ENGINE'S FIRE INDICATION LIGHT" STILL CONTINUING TO OPERATE. THE CREW FIRED THE FIST FIRE BOTTLE AND STARTED TIMING PROCEDURES. WHEN BOTH FIRE WARNING SIGNALS FAILED TO EXTINGUISH, THE SECOND BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED AND THEN BOTH WARNING INDICATIONS WERE EXTINGUISHED. THE CREW THEN EVACUATED THE PASSENGERS ONTO THE RUNWAY FROM THE LEFT MAIN CABIN DOOR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING THIS EGRESS.

## Other reports on N278MA (1)

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

- [Incident 19940217006359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940217006359I), Feb 17, 1994: Fokker F27MK200 (N278MA), Fargo, ND. Right engine failed and feathered inflight. Fire bell and light on. Fire bottles used. Fire bell and light went out

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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