# Incident 19880205009089I: Piper PA32R301, Fresno, CA, February 5, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1988, 09:20 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Terminal
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UNIA
- 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: N8139A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8139A-2002-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,950 total, 200 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880205009089I

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING ROLLOUT THE GEAR LIGHTS SHOWED UNSAFE GEAR. FOUND BENT TAB ON THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LIMIT SWITCH ACTUATOR

## Other reports on N8139A (1)

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

- [Accident 20001031017239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001031017239A), Oct 31, 2000: Piper PA32R301 (N8139A), Dayton, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) During a second approach to land at the unlighted airport at Dayton, Nevada, the pilot misjudged the location of the runway and lost visual reference. He…

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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