Fokker F-100 N860US

Summary

On 17 August 2000 at about 19:10 local time, a Fokker F-100 registered N860US was involved in an incident near Norfolk, Virginia, United States. 58 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 August 2000 at 19:10

Classification

Incident

Location

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Fokker F-100

Registration

N860US

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Flushing → Richmond

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC00IA231

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the airplane's ground/flight switch and a malfunction of the thrust reverser deploy switch, which resulted in an in-flight thrust reverser deployment.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During decent for landing, the flight crew experienced a temporary inadvertent deployment of the left engine thrust reverser. The flight crew declared an emergency and diverted to a nearby airport, where the airplane landed without further incident. Examination of the thrust reverser control system revealed that if thrust lever was moved aggressively to the aft stop, the left engine's thrust reverser switch could actuate. Additionally, faults were observed in left main landing gear Ground/Flight (G/F) switch, and the left engine thrust reverser deploy switch. After the left main landing gear G/F switch and the thrust lever switchbox were replaced, the airplane's thrust reverser system tested "ok."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.