# Incident 19960726024889I: Piper PA28R201T, Fresno, CA, July 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1996, 13:30 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- 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: N47709, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47709) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 25 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960726024889I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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