# Incident 19781207022809I: Piper PA31, Fresno, CA, December 7, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1978, 11:30 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59781, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59781-1993-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781207022809I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

- [Accident 19920502013199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920502013199A), May 2, 1992: Piper PA31325 (N59781), Independence, CA, Destroyed. Departed with known dead battery. Ran aux tanks dry. No restart on mains. No electric power for boost or starters.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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