- Date
- December 30, 1986, 15:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Bch, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 78 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N510Fokker F28 MK4000
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861230080089I
- Case key
- 31843
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During passenger boarding at tallahassee it was discovered that the left handrail on the airstair was collapsed. The failure was at the soldered joint at the handrail locking mechanism. The station manager used metal glue for a temporary repair of the joint. The flt crew was made aware of the discrepancy. The acft then departed for west Palm beach via orlando. The airstair was not used at orlando. A disabled passenger was injured when the handrail collapsed when boarding the acft unassisted at west Palm beach. The passenger stated that he did not need assistance in boarding just a little extra time. When the handrail collapsed the passenger lost his balance and fell to the ground receiving serious injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N510
- Reported as
- Fokker F28 MK4000
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11167
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce RB183MK555, 9,900 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Piedmont Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Destination
- MCO · Orlando, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PBI · West Palm Beach Internati
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,300 total · 130 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.