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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA23250 · Fresno, CA · February 4, 1993

Date
February 4, 1993 · 12:20 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N780K
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total1,500 in this make and model150 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.

Unable to retract nose gear after takeoff. Returned. Landed safely. Downlock latch mechanism fouled with dirt.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO RETRACT NOSE GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. DOWNLOCK LATCH MECHANISM FOULED WITH DIRT.