Originally Posted by
WHBM
I believe the Fokker F50 was never certified in the USA. It was never sold or operated there, although the original Fokker F.27 was, and the F50 was on the market when US feeder operators were buying larger turboprops (which they later mostly retreated from).
Not the only major derivative that wasn't certified there. The original BAC One-Eleven sold well in the US, but the stretched Super One-Eleven 500 was never certified or operated there either, although a number operated into US airports from the Caribbean and Central America.
You are correct about the One-Eleven - only the 200 and 400 series were certficated in the USA.
You are completely wrong about the Fokker 50 (not "F50"). I reproduced the header from the US Type Certificate (A-817) in an earlier post, but here it is again:
