19830820043209A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA28R200 · Fresno, CA · August 20, 1983

Date
August 20, 1983 · 10:00 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Sierra Skypark
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4312X
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX83LA399
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total1 in this make and model20 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.

Collided with a brick and iron fence on short final. Previous owner was checking new owner out in aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

COLLIDED WITH A BRICK AND IRON FENCE ON SHORT FINAL. PREVIOUS OWNER WAS CHECKING NEW OWNER OUT IN AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.