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F50
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| Category: | Aircraft Types | 
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| Content control: | EUROCONTROL | 
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| Name | F50 | ||||||
| Manufacturer | FOKKER | ||||||
| Body | Narrow | ||||||
| Type | Fixed Wing | ||||||
| WTC | Medium | ||||||
| APC | B | ||||||
| Engine | Turboprop | ||||||
| Engine count | Multi | ||||||
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FOKKER F50
Image source: IANS
Description
General
| Aircraft name | F50 |
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| ICAO code/WTC | F50 / M |
| Manufacturer | FOKKER |
| Type Code/APC | L2T / B |
Technical Data
| Wing span | 29 m95.144 ft |
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| Length | 25.2 m82.677 ft |
| Heigth | 8.4 m27.559 ft |
| Powerplant | 100: 2 x 2.500 SHP P&W PW125B turboprops with 6 blade propellers.
300: 2 x 2.750 SHP P&W PW127B turboprops with 6 blade propellers. |
| Engine Model | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100 |
For further details consult EUROCONTROL Aircraft Performance Database:
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving F50
- F50 / T6, vicinity Maastrict Netherlands, 2007 (HF LOS) (On 2 August 2007, a Fokker F50 being operated by KLM Cityhopper making a daylight ILS approach in IMC to Maastricht came into close proximity inside the CTZ with a privately operated North American T6 Harvard which had failed to follow its clearance to enter the CTZ.)
- F50, Groningen Netherlands, 2007 (RE HF) (On 18 May 2007, a Fokker 50 being operated by Belgian airline VLM on a passenger flight from Amsterdam to Groningen landed long and at excessive speed after a visual day approach to runway 05 at destination and ran off the end of the runway onto grass. None of the 14 occupants were injured and the aircraft suffered only minor damage with two runway lights being damaged.)
- F50, Isle of Man, 2009 (RE HF) (On 15 January 2009 during the landing roll at the Isle of Man in normal daylight visibility following a scheduled passenger flight from London City Airport, a Fokker F50 being operated by VLM left the side of the runway.)
- F50, vicinity Luxembourg, 2002 (HF LOC FIRE AW) (On 6 November 2002, a Fokker 50 operated by Luxair, crashed on approach to Luxembourg Airport following loss of control attributed to intentional operation of power levers in the ground range, contrary to SOPs.)