# Incident 20040606009859I: Piper PA34200T, Fresno, CA, June 6, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2004, 17:40 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N3934M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3934M-2012-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT LTSIO360KB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 250 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040606009859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WESTOVER FIELD AMADOR CO (O70) AND DURING CLIMBOUT REQUESTED FLIGHT FOLLOWING TO MCCLELLAN-PALOMAR (CRQ). AFTER APPROXIMATELY 35 MINUTES IN FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT ENGINE'S FUEL FLOW INDICATOR BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE FROM THE NORMAL RANGE TO A ZERO READING AND SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN TO OPERATE ROUGH. SINCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS NEAR THE FRESNO-YOSEMITE INT'L AIRPORT (FAT) THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THERE FOR MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE TO CHECK-OUT THIS PROBLEM. THE PILOT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. HOWEVER, WHILE TAXIING TO THE NEAREST FBO, THE RIGHT AFT ENGINE COMPARTMENT BLEW UP CAUSING SOME SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO THE AFT COWLING FAIRING AREA. FURTHER INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED AT THE SITE AND THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A FIRE AT THE AFT NACELLE BULKHEAD AREA. THIS FIRE DAMAGE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE SIGNIFICANT IN NATURE BY THE LACK OF DAMAGE THAT WAS FOUND. A COPPER LINE WAS FOUND BROKEN FROM ITS ORIGINAL SECURED POSITION. THIS LINE WAS THE DIRECT FUEL PRESSURE LINE LEADING TO THE FUEL GUAGE IN THE COCKPIT. THIS LINE HAD BECOME "HARD WORKED" AND BROKE OFF DUE TO AGE AND POSSIBLE VIBRATION.

## Other reports on N3934M (2)

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

- [Incident 19900810041799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900810041799I), Aug 10, 1990: Piper PA34200T (N3934M), Susanville, CA, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed on rollout. Veered off runway. Upper right main gear strut had broken.
- [Incident 19860803059399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860803059399I), Aug 3, 1986: Piper PA34200T (N3934M), Portland, OR, Minor damage. Pilots attention diverted during taxi and aircraft struck a parked aircraft.

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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