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FOKKER 50

Muhammad Azrin b Md Rashid Muhammad Rashidi b Shaharudin Nazif Syahmi Ong b Hj Maliki Ong Aizat Hizami b Abu Bakar Abul Faiz b Abul @ Abd Rahman Huzaifah b Mohd Zainudin Fauzan Irham b Shafiee Shariff Hasnur Faiz b Karim Muhammad Hisham b Abdul Hasib

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Aircraft History and Description

Aircraft Specification

Operators

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FOKER 50’S HISTORYDesign started in November 1983

Based on the F-27

First flew on 27 December 1985

Friendship 27 but was in fact a completely new aircraft

Around 50 passengers can be carried over 2000 km

Basic construction of the fuselage, wings, and empennage

Designed with many smaller fuselage windows and changed doors

The modern Pratt & Whitney PW125 engine was fitted into the Fokker 50

The propeller was a six bladed Dowty propeller

Was 1.50 m longer than the F-27 mark 100/ 200/ 300/ 400

The wingtips were modified with "foklets“

The ailerons got a aerodynamic curve at the tip

The rudder and the right horizontal stabilizer got a trim surface

Major purchasers of the foker50 included Air UK, Ansett, Austrian Airlines ,Avianca, Malaysia Airlines

FOKKER 50 DRAWING

SPECIFICATION

•Dimension & weight•Performances•Cabin•Pictures

Length (m) 25.2

Wingspan (m) 29.0

Height (m) 8.3

Wing area (m2) 70.0

Maximum take-off weight (kg)

19 950

Maximum landing weight (kg) 19 500

Operating empty weight (kg) 12 520

Maximum zero fuel weight (kg) 18 600

Maximum payload (kg) 6 080

Standard fuel capacity (litres) 5 140

DIMENSIONS

WEIGHT

Range with max payload (km)

3 000

Maximum cruise speed (km/h) 530

Maximum operating altitude (km) 7 600

Take-off field length (m) 1 050

Landing field length (m) 1 120

EnginesP&WC PW127B,2 x 2750 hp

Fuel flow rate (kg/h) 800

PERFORMANCE

Passengers (1-class) 50

Cabin width (m) 2.5

CABIN DATA

PICTURES

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COCKPIT

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Fokker 50 Operators

The following airlines or military operators currently fly the Fokker 50 in passenger or cargo roles. Major purchasers of the Fokker 50 included:

1. Air UK2. Ansett3. Austrian Airlines 4. Avianca 5. DLT/Lufthansa CityLine6. KLM Cityhopper 7. Malaysia Airlines8. Philippine Airlines

AIR DISASTER

There are few examples of air crash involved in usage of Fokker 50.

Location : Melilla, Spain.

Date of Accident : 17th January 2003

Airlines : Air Nostrum/Denim Air

Accident Description : The aircraft, operating as Iberia Regional 8276 from Malaga, overran runway 33 (4,420 ft) while landing at Melilla in heavy winds. 9 passengers sustained injuries -- two seriously as the aircraft crashed into the airport boundary fence and broke into two pieces.

1st Example

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Location : Luxair Niederanven, Luxembourg, German

Date of Accident : 6th November 2002

Airlines : Luxembourg Airlines

Accident Description : The aircraft, on a passenger on a flight from Berlin to Luxembourg-Findel Airport, crashed on a runway 24 while attempting to land in fog. 20 out of 22 occupants were killed.

2nd Example

Location : Tawau, Malaysia

Date of Accident : 15th September 1995

Airlines : Malaysian Airlines

Accident Description : The aircraft crashed short of the runaway while attempting to land. Pilot error.

3rd Example

Fokker 50 simulator

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