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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Fresno, CA · December 7, 1978

Date: December 7, 1978 · 11:30 local
Place: Fresno, CA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft: N59781
Reported as: Piper PA31
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total1,200 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N59781Registration cancelled Apr 14, 1993 · Piper PA-31-325S/N 317612023 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-325

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot unable to get safe light for left main. Came on at touchdown. The latching mechanism need lube.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNABLE TO GET SAFE LIGHT FOR LEFT MAIN. CAME ON AT TOUCHDOWN. THE LATCHING MECHANISM NEED LUBE.

Other reports on N59781 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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