# Incident 19960921035369I: Grumav S2F, Fresno, CA, September 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1996, 14:45 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N5234A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5234A-2008-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman S-2B (registry code 3951011, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-s-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-1820 series (registry code 67020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1820-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV S2F
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 280 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960921035369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1996, AT 1445 PST, A GRUMMAN S2-F, N5234A, WAS TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 29R, AT FRESNO AIR TERMINAL (FAT) AND THE PILOT APPARENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR WHEN THE AIRPLANE HAD NOT ACHIEVED A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB. SUBSEQUENTLY THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE PAVEMENT WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND CAME TO AN ABRUPT HALT (ABOUT 300 FEET). THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS AND ENGINES WAS CONSIDERED MINOR AND NO INJURY RESULTED TO THE THREE PASSENGERS. THE ATP RATED PILOT GOT A CUT LIP WHEN THE AIRPLANE SUDDENLY STOPPED DUE TO GROUND CONTACT. THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## Other reports on N5234A (1)

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

- [Accident 20070503008969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070503008969A), May 3, 2007: Pitts S2B (N5234A), Havelock, NC, Destroyed. (-23) Aircraft N5234A,a Grumman S-2B operated by the commemorative airforce had departed franklin, VA (fkn) enroute to cherry point mcas (nkt). On final…

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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