# Accident 19871121069889A: Cessna 172N, San Jose, CA, November 21, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1987, 13:28 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: 37.3297° N, 121.7695° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3297&lon=-121.7695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9568G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9568G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 134 total, 22 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871121069889A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED AND PORPOISED ON LANDING. WENT AROUND AND LANDED NOSE FIRST WITH NO FLARE. DAMAGED GEAR AND PROPELLER.

## 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 LAX88LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA055), Nov 21, 1987: Cessna 172N (N9568G), San Jose, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9568G (2)

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

- [Incident 19990509026131I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990509026131I), May 9, 1999: Cessna 172M (N9568G), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. (-5) On Sunday, may 9, 1999, at approximately 10:52 am, local time, a helicopter N2011A was cleared to air taxi to and cleared for take off from an area called…
- [Incident 19980929032139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980929032139I), Sep 29, 1998: Cessna 172N (N9568G), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. A foreign student pilot was practicing landings. Just as he flared to land on runway 31R, a gust of wind blew the aircraft off the runway. The aircraft struck…

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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