# Incident 20000404019469I: Piper J3L65, Fresno, CA, April 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2000, 19:30 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal 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: N24869, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24869) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3L-65 (registry code 7100546, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3l-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-145B series (registry code 41502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3L65
- Reported engine: LYC O145*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 191 total, 44 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000404019469I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 04/04/2000, AT APPROX. 1930PM PDT, ^PRIVACY DA^ LANDED N24869 IN A VACANT FIELD AT THE CORNER OF CEDAR AVE. AND SHEPHERD AVE. IN FRESNO CA. HE STATED THAT HIS ENGINE HAD RUN ROUGH AND HAD OVERHETED PRIOR TO LANDING.  SHORTLY AFTER HE ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF BUT WAS UNABLE DUE TO THE ROUGH SURFACE OF THE FIELD.  THE NEXT MORNING AT 0610 AM PDT, ^PRIVACY DA^ POSITIONED N24869 ON A PEDESTRIAN THOUROUGHFARE ADJACENT TO SHEPHERD AVE. AND PERFORMED TAKEOFF.WITNESSES STATE THAT HE BARELY CLEARED OBSTACLES AT THE END OF THE PATH.  THE TAKEOFF WAS MADE WHILE PEDESTRIANS WHERE NEARBY. ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED HTAT HE DID NOT HAVE THE REPORTED MALFUNCTION IN THE ENGINE CORRECTED BY A MECHANIC PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.  THE TAKEOFF WAS MADE PRIOR TO SUNRISE AND N24869 IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH POSITION LIGHTS.

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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