# Incident 20100728040079I: Piper PA-38-112, Fresno, CA, July 28, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2010, 14:00 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2408L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2408L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 105 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100728040079I

## Narrative

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

A PRIVATE PILOT/COMMERCIAL STUDENT WITH A PASSENGER ONBOARD WAS RETURNING FROM A LONG X-COUNTRY FROM WMJ. DURING THE LANDING FLARE AT FAT, (ACCORDING TO THE PASSENGER-A FELLOW STUDENT), THE PILOT IN COMMAND NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOATING, SO, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE PIC PUSHED THE STICK FOREWARD. THIS RESULTED IN A HARD NOSEWHEEL LANDING AND PROP STRIKE. THE FELLOW STUDENT HAD TO TAKE THE CONTROLS TO COMPLETE THE LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N2408L (1)

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

- [Incident 19850413020049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850413020049I), Apr 13, 1985: Piper PA38112 (N2408L), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. Solo student was taxiing to gas station when wing struck a 4 foot sign.

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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