19990627022139I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Fresno, CA · June 27, 1999

Date
June 27, 1999 · 19:00 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno Yosemite International Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3053N
Reported as
Piper PA28181
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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.

(From -23) while landing at Fresno Yosemite International Airport (fat) on June 27, 1999 the pilot bounced the airplane in an attempt to land and on the last touchdown hit nose wheel first and hit the propeller on the runway causing potential engine damage and propeller damage. VFR condition prevailed and no injury to any occupant os the plane resulted. Privacy data omitted privacy data omitted weather was not a factor.

As the FAA filed it

(FROM -23) WHILE LANDING AT FRESNO YOSEMITE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FAT) ON JUNE 27, 1999 THE PILOT BOUNCED THE AIRPLANE IN AN ATTEMPT TO LAND AND ON THE LAST TOUCHDOWN HIT NOSE WHEEL FIRST AND HIT THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY CAUSING POTENTIAL ENGINE DAMAGE AND PROPELLER DAMAGE. VFR CONDITION PREVAILED AND NO INJURY TO ANY OCCUPANT OS THE PLANE RESULTED. PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.

Other reports on N3053N · 4

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