# Accident 19840520018159A: Piper PA32301, San Jose, CA, May 20, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1984, 15:20 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3630° N, 121.9286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3630&lon=-121.9286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82009, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82009-1995-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 202 total, 9 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA306) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840520018159A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED AND PORPOISED ON LANDING. DAMAGED NOSE GEAR, PROP, ENGINE AND FIREWALL.

## 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 LAX84LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA306), May 20, 1984: Piper PA-32-301 (N82009), San Jose, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N82009 (2)

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

- [Accident 19940128001179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940128001179A), Jan 28, 1994: Piper PA32301 (N82009), Truckee, CA, Substantial damage. Veered left landing. Light snow obscured centerline. Tried go around full flaps. Lifted settled. Struck fuel island
- [Accident 19851204064249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851204064249A), Dec 4, 1985: Piper PA32301 (N82009), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft veered when nose wheel contacted runway. Ran off runway side into dirt. Damage to strut, firewall, cowling

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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