36.7477° N, 119.7724° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 31, 1987 · 17:13 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N121WY
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total50 in this make and model50 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.
Landed with a unsafe nose gear indication and the nose gear collapsed on the landing roll.
As the FAA filed it
LANDED WITH A UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE LANDING ROLL.