# Incident 20190224015959I: Piper PA-24-250, Fresno, CA, February 24, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2019, 12:40 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- 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: N8230P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8230P-2022-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190224015959I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBURARY 24, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1552 LOCAL TIME AIRCRAFT N8230P A PIPER 24-250, LANDED ON RUNWAY29L AT FRESNO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FAT) WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP. THE PILOT WAS OUT FOR A FLIGHT WHEN HE WAS PREPAIRING TO LAND AT CHANDLER AIRPORT. THE LANDING GEAR LIGHT DID NOT COME ON SO HE PERFORMED THE EMERENCY PROCEEDURES AND IT STILL DID NOT COME ON. THE PILOT WAS COMMUNICATING WITH THE PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND, WHICH SAID THAT HIS GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. CHANDLER DOES NOT HAVE AN ACTIVE TOWER OR EMERENCY EQUIPEMENT SO THE PILOT DECIDED TO DIVERT TO FAT. AT FAT THE PILOT DID A FLY BY TO CONFIRM THAT HIS GEAR WAS STILL NOT DOWN.  THE TOWER CONFIRMED AND CLEARED HIM TO LAND ON 29L. HE LANDED GEAR UP AND WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8230P (1)

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

- [Accident 19740117005309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740117005309A), Jan 17, 1974: Piper PA24250 (N8230P), Bovina, TX, Substantial damage. Lnd in ditch due hiway traffic.

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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