# Incident 20020221003369I: Beech A36, Fresno, CA, February 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2002, 15:30 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7766° N, 119.7188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRESNO YOSEMITE INTL (FAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7766&lon=-119.7188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5551V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5551V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,910 total, 1,872 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020221003369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 15:30 HOURS LOCAL TIME ON 02/21/02, AIRCRAFT N5551V, WITH JANICE E. PIPERIS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) AND ONE PASSENGER, WAS ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 29R AT THE FRESNO-YOSEMITE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AFTER SELECTING LANDING FLAPS AND REDUCING THE ENGINE POWER TO AN IDLE SETTING A SHUDDER WAS FELT AS THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT. THE PIC LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY END IDENTIFIER LIGHT DURING THE MANEUVER. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NEITHER THE PIC NOR HER PASSENGER WERE INJURED. GARY W. ZINGER, AP1912139, THE AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AND IT WAS REPLACED.

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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