- Date
- October 3, 1987, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Baltimore, MD
- Injuries
- 56 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N288NFokker F-28-MK-1000
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871003078049I
- Case key
- 11380
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft had a main gear only landing after the nose gear failed to lock down. This was the first flight since a newly overhauled nose gear was installed. It was determined that when the nose gear was installed and before it was corrected, a wrong washer was used with a bolt to install part of the downlock mechanism. This resulted in an undetected permanent reduction, below the design clearance between the downlock plunger and its internal-bearing. Examination of the downlock after the landing incident disclosed that there was scoring of the plunger and its bearing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N288N
- Reported as
- Fokker F-28-MK-1000 (F-28-MK-10)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11054
- Airframe hours
- 28,534
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce 555-15, 9,850 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Piedmont Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 2, 1987 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- GSO · Greensboro, NC
- Destination
- BWI · Baltimore, MD
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BWI · Baltimore-Washington, runway 33L, 9,519 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,600 total · 2,300 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.