36.7477° N, 119.7724° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 19, 1979 · 18:16 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Terminal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N88TC
Reported as
Lear 25
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total20 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
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.
Lost hydraulic pressure during approach. Suspect spoiler actuator piston seal malfuntion.
As the FAA filed it
LOST HYDRAULIC PRESSURE DURING APPROACH. SUSPECT SPOILER ACTUATOR PISTON SEAL MALFUNTION.