# Incident 19900521023609I: Piper PA38112, Fresno, CA, May 21, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1990, 11:30 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Terminal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N2500T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2500T-2001-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 46 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900521023609I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE AND OIL ON WINDSHIELD ON DEPARTURE. RETURNED. NR2 PISTON CONNECTING ROD FAILED.

## Other reports on N2500T (1)

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

- [Accident 20000411006569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000411006569A), Apr 11, 2000: Piper PA38112 (N2500T), Fresno, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Mr. Baronian attempted, on his first un-supervised solo flight., a short field take-off on runway 29L at fat. He stated that when he executed the…

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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