# Incident 20030428007119I: Cessna 425, Fresno, CA, April 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2003, 15:51 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N794B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 425
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A112
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030428007119I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/28/03, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC), ALONG WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD, WERE EN ROUTE TO ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ONT). WHILE ON APPROACH INTO ONT, AND AFTER SELECTING THE LANDING GEAR LEVER TO THE DOWN POSITION, THE PIC NOTICED THERE WAS NO GREEN LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FOR THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (INDICATING IT WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED). THE PIC COMMUNICATED WITH THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) AND INFORMED THEM OF HIS PROBLEM. A FLY-BY NEAR THE TOWER VERIFIED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE PIC ELECTED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT TO FRESNO YOSEMITE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FAT) DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL AND THE MAINTENANCE FOR THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT IS ACCOMPLISHED AT FAT. THE PIC COMPLETED AN EMERGENCY GEAR "BLOW-DOWN" CHECKLIST PROCEDURE PRIOR TO LANDING, BUT IT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. ON 04/28/03 AT 1551 HOURS PDT, THE CESSNA 425 CONQUEST I MADE A SUCCESSFUL NOSE GEAR-UP LANDING AT FAT ON RUNWAY 11L. IT APPEARED THAT THE PIC FEATHERED AND SHUTDOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE, SINCE IT DISPLAYED VERY LITTLE PROPELLER DAMAGE. HOWEVER, THE LEFT ENGINE SHOWED SIGNS THAT IT WAS STILL UNDER POWER DUE TO THE CURLING OF THE PROPELLER BLADES.

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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