# Incident 20031203032799I: Piper PA34200, Fresno, CA, December 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2003, 11:50 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N15352, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15352-2019-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 40 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031203032799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N15352 WAS LANDED BY INSTRUCTOR PILOT MICHAEL KENNEDY AT KFAT AND THE AIRPLANE WAS TAXIED TO THE END OF RUNWAY 29R AND PROCEEDED ACROSS 29L WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO COLLAPSE AND THE PROPELLERS STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE STOPPED AND THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE SYSTEMS AND EXITED THE AIRPLANE. NO REPORT OF LANDING GEAR RETRACTION OR UNUSUAL STEERING WERE REPORTED BY EITHER PILOT PRIOR TO THE GEAR COLLAPSE. THE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT INDICATE A STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF ANY COMPONENT. PRESENTLY REASON FOR COLLAPSE UNKNOWN.

## Other reports on N15352 (3)

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

- [Incident 20140609008219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140609008219I), Jun 9, 2014: Piper PA-34-200 (N15352), Visalia, CA, Minor damage. Pilot final stage check in airplane multi engine training. While on a normal two engine landing the airplane touched down normally and was on the rollout when…
- [Incident 20070928022829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070928022829I), Sep 28, 2007: Piper PA34200 (N15352), Madera, CA, Minor damage. (-23) CFI [privacy data omitted] was demonstrating a short field landing to student [privacy data omitted]. All 3 green landing gear lights were observed.…
- [Incident 20020829022149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020829022149I), Aug 29, 2002: Piper PA34200 (N15352), Madera, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) While landing at Madera airport (mae) on 08-29-02 @1122 PDT the seneca PA-34-200 N15352 had the nose landing gear retract (collapse) into the wheel well…

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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