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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-220T · Fresno, CA · July 20, 2002

Date: July 20, 2002 · 22:00 local
Place: Fresno, CA
Airport: Sierra Sky Park Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8009T
Reported as: Piper PA34220T
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 375 total75 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N8009TRegistration cancelled Sep 9, 2008 · Piper PA-34-220TS/N 34-8233051 · Built 1981 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-220T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23) The PIC failed to arrest his descent rate on his night approach to an unfamiliar airport.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PIC FAILED TO ARREST HIS DESCENT RATE ON HIS NIGHT APPROACH TO AN UNFAMILIAR AIRPORT.