# Accident 19951223042359A: Piper PA31350, San Jose, CA, December 23, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1995, 00:19 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 37.2394° N, 121.7295° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2394&lon=-121.7295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27954, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27954-1996-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951223042359A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO MOUNTAIN AT NIGHT VFR DURING VECTORS FOR ILS. INSTRUMENT PROFIENCY CHECK. ATC FAILED ALERT PILOT.

## 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 LAX96FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA078), Dec 23, 1995: Piper PA-31-350 (N27954), San Jose, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the air traffic controller to comply with instructions contained in the Air Traffic Control Handbook, FAA Order 7110.65, which resulted in the flight being vectored at an altitude…

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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