# Incident 19881110057429I: Cessna T303, Fresno, CA, November 10, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1988, 07:15 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CURA
- 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: N2297C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2297C-1994-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T303 (registry code 2073820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t303) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T303
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,550 total, 100 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881110057429I

## Narrative

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

TAXIED INTO A CAUTION SIGN WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. MINOR DAMAGE TO PROPELLER TIP.

## Other reports on N2297C (2)

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

- [Accident 19931125044419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931125044419A), Nov 25, 1993: Cessna T303 (N2297C), Rogers, AR, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Operated known icing. Iced up made VOR. Began circle to land lost control and crashed turning final. Freezing rain.
- [Incident 19890501021299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890501021299I), May 1, 1989: Cessna T303 (N2297C), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. Loud bang in left engine. Secured and returned. Left engine con rod separated.

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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