# Incident 19960330009819I: Piper PA28181, San Jose, CA, March 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1996, 13:55 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Minor 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: N4319Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4319Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 139 total, 60 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960330009819I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT: MS. LINDA BRIDWELL LAIT STATED THAT ON MARCH 30, 1996, AT 1355 PST, CESSNA AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N4319Y, WAS ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO REID-HILLVIEW AIRPORT WHEN JUST PRIOR TO LANDING THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE WAS TOO HIGH AND THE AIRSPEED TOO FAST. ON INITIAL LANDING ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO PORPOISE, MS. LAIT STATED THAT THE PORPOISING ACTION CONTINUED TO BECOME MORE SEVERE, THEREFORE, SHE APPLIED ADDITIONAL POWER TO TAKEOFF AND MADE ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT LANDING THE AIRCRAFT. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT SHE MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING AND TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE PARKING SPOT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE PROPELLER BLADES SUSTAINED DAMAGE. NO PILOT DEVIATION INVOLVED AND NO 8020-11 WAS GENERATED. A COPY OF THIS REPORT WAS FURNISHED TO THE SJC FSDO OPERATIONS UNIT. THIS CONCLUDES THIS INVESTIGATION AND THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4319Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19991202044899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991202044899A), Dec 2, 1999: Piper PA28181 (N4319Y), Palo Alto, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 2, 1999 at 0736 PST N4319Y a Piper PA-28-180 deaprted carlsbad palomar airport (crq) on an IFR flight plan to Palo Alto, CA(pao). The a/c…

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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