# Accident 19800824037229A: Piper PA24250, San Jose, CA, August 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1980, 12:52 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid Hillview
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7951P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7951P-2013-02-27) (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 PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 362 total, 8 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVM39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800824037229A

## Narrative

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

PORPOISED ON LANDING. LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX80FVM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVM39), Aug 24, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N7951P), San Jose, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7951P (1)

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

- [Accident 19760917031479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760917031479A), Sep 17, 1976: Piper PA24250 (N7951P), Lamar, CO, Substantial damage

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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