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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201T · Fresno, CA · July 26, 1996

Date: July 26, 1996 · 13:30 local
Place: Fresno, CA
Airport: Fresno Air Terminal
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N47709
Reported as: Piper PA28R201T
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 200 total25 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N47709Registered now · Piper PA-28R-201TS/N 28R-7803002 · Built 1977 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-201T

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.

Narrative: after a ferry flight from mammoth lakes, CA to Fresno, CA (fat) the nose gear failed to extend. The pilot made an uneventful nose wheel up landing. Subsequent examination revealed an incorrectly routed cabin heat hose jammed the nose gear in the up position. The ferry flight was for minor wing damage. Just prior to the flight a mechanic had replaced one cylinder and misrouted the cabin heat hose.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER A FERRY FLIGHT FROM MAMMOTH LAKES, CA TO FRESNO, CA (FAT) THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE PILOT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL NOSE WHEEL UP LANDING. SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION REVEALED AN INCORRECTLY ROUTED CABIN HEAT HOSE JAMMED THE NOSE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THE FERRY FLIGHT WAS FOR MINOR WING DAMAGE. JUST PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT A MECHANIC HAD REPLACED ONE CYLINDER AND MISROUTED THE CABIN HEAT HOSE.