- Date
- May 17, 1982, 08:18 local (15:18 UTC)
- Place
- Fresno, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N711AHSwearingen SA26-T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820517016349A
- Case key
- 70757
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Landing gear,gear lever - engagedFactor
Electrical system,circuit breaker - popped/trippedFactor
Gear down and locked - not attainedCause
Analysis
The aircraft was observed to make a gear up landing. Investigation revealed that the gear operated normally and that the gear lever was found in the down position. The circuit breaker was popped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711AH
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA26-T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T26-14
- Airframe hours
- 6,040
- Engine
- P&W PTGA-28, 550 lbs thrust, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas V. Giradi
- Registered owner
- Thomas V. Giradi
- Departed
- POC · Leesville, LA
- Destination
- 1D2 · Plymouth, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FAT · Fresno Air Terminal, runway 29, 9,218 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,333 total · 279 in this make and model · 2,178 as pilot in command · 137 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 156 °F
- Altimeter
- 28.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.