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  • #16
    Originally posted by ATLcrew View Post

    Most of them are pepsi cans by now.
    And why can't a pepsi can be airworthy? (not-genuine question).

    Amazing, there a couple hundred still flying just a couple of years ago. With so many third-world airlines in need of cheap airplanes, I thought that they would go to crash out there rather than being intentionally scrapped.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Gabriel View Post

      And why can't a pepsi can be airworthy? (not-genuine question).

      Amazing, there a couple hundred still flying just a couple of years ago. With so many third-world airlines in need of cheap airplanes, I thought that they would go to crash out there rather than being intentionally scrapped.
      Of the 283 built. 113 are reportedly still in service, thus about 40% of them are still in service. That might explain why the spares that can be salvaged from the other 60% are more valuable than the prices those otherwise refurbished airframes would command in the third-world airliner market. The downturns of 2002 and 2008 took a big hit on them. American retired all 74 of theirs in 2002, citing operating costs. They have found new homes with small airlines that place efficiency below acquisition costs. The F-100 was designed to operate into the 2030's, but, like the 737, they are incompatible with the newest engine technology needed to compete for major airlines.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Evan View Post

        Of the 283 built. 113 are reportedly still in service, thus about 40% of them are still in service.
        Hmm.... "As of July 2017, 113 aircraft were still in operational use with airlines.: (c) Wikipedia.

        Also (c) Wikipedia, for is smaller sibling, the F70 "As of January 2020, 31 aircraft remain in service with 7 airlines and 2 governments" (out of 47 originally built).

        And both are derivatives of the F-28 of which 241 were built (with some still in service) and which whome the F100 and F70m must share a good bunch of spares.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Gabriel View Post
          Hmm.... "As of July 2017, 113 aircraft were still in operational use with airlines.: (c) Wikipedia.

          Also (c) Wikipedia, for is smaller sibling, the F70 "As of January 2020, 31 aircraft remain in service with 7 airlines and 2 governments" (out of 47 originally built).

          And both are derivatives of the F-28 of which 241 were built (with some still in service) and which whome the F100 and F70m must share a good bunch of spares.
          And since the Fokker 100 has been out of production for almost 23 years, most spares are probably coming from salvage and rebuilders.

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Evan View Post

            And since the Fokker 100 has been out of production for almost 23 years, most spares are probably coming from salvage and rebuilders.
            It's even worse than that. Often parts (more specifically part numbers) are operator-specific, so, just as an example, a GCU from an ex-American bird might not be legally OK to be fitted to another operator's airplane until it's been ascertained that the parts are, in fact, the same, which, as is the case with many things aviation, is not always as simple as it sounds. It's all about the paperwork.

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            • #21
              Originally posted by ATLcrew View Post
              It's even worse than that. Often parts (more specifically part numbers) are operator-specific, so, just as an example, a GCU from an ex-American bird might not be legally OK to be fitted to another operator's airplane until it's been ascertained that the parts are, in fact, the same, which, as is the case with many things aviation, is not always as simple as it sounds. It's all about the paperwork.
              Or... they remove the ID plates from the parts, call them "good" and chuck 'em on the airplane...
              Be alert! America needs more lerts.

              Eric Law

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              • #22
                The Final Report is out on this one. You'll be happy to know that is only in Kazakh. I realize that some people on this forum don't speak much Kazakh, so reposting the AV Herald translation:

                Originally posted by AV Herald
                The investigation concludes the probable causes of the crash (the report calls it a "catastrophe") were:

                The accident occurred as result of asymmetrical loss of wing load-bearing properties during the takeoff phase which caused the aircraft to stall immediately after taking off from the runway.

                The aircraft collapsed immediately after leaving the runway and rolled to the right on snow covered ground, breached the airport perimeter fence and collided with a private two story building about 10 meters from the fence.

                As result of the collision, due to overloading andimpact destruction and compression occurred resulting in 11 passengers and one member of the crew being killed and 47 passengers being injured in various ways.

                The cause of the loss of load-bearing properties of the wings was most likely the effect of icing on the ground.

                Contributing factors were:

                The crew, after analysing the meteorological situation of Almaty Airport, may not have made sufficient conclusions for a more effective inspection of the entire aircraft and especially (tactile method) an examination of the leading edges of the wings.

                The operators Safety Management System (SMS) only contains general provisions, specific measures were not adapted for implementation. This did not allow for timely identification and elimination of existing risks affecting the safety of flight.

                Collision of the aircraft with a two story building which affected the severity of the consequences.
                Conclusion: Z9-2100 may not have successfully climbed out of the runway, may have stalled and pranged back down on the runway, may not have remained on the runway, may not have avoided striking a building and 12 people may not have survived as a result. But let's wait for the... oh wait a minute...


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