# Incident 19890509021309I: Beech A36, Fresno, CA, May 9, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1989, 11:05 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Terminal
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N221D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N221D-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890509021309I

## Narrative

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

REPORTED NO GEAR LIGHTS. LANDED SAFELY AFTER GEAR DOWN FLYBY. GEAR LIGHTS DIM DUE TO NAV LIGHTS ON. HARD TO SEE.

## Other reports on N221D (1)

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

- [Accident 20150529007909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150529007909A), May 29, 2015: Beech A36 (N221D), Plainview, TX, Destroyed, 3 fatal. On may 29, 2015, at 2115 CDT, a Beech bonanza A36 bearing registration number N221D, registered to moto air inc., departed runway 22 at Hale County Airport in…

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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