# Incident 19961127043469I: Piper PA28181, San Jose, CA, November 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1996, 13:00 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N2565U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2565U) (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: 320 total, 20 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961127043469I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT; MR. JEFFREY D. RUSSELL STATED THAT ON NOVEMBER 27, 1996, AT 1200 PST, HE LANDED PIPER AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N2565U, AND WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS BY THE SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER TO TURN ON TO RUNWAY 30L, INSTEAD HE CROSSED RUNWAY 30L AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS. MR. RUSSELL STATED THAT HE ASSUMED THAT A TAXIWAY CONTINUED IN THE DIRECTION HE WAS TAXIING. HOWEVER, A TAXIWAY DID NOT EXIST IN THAT DIRECTION, THEREFORE, HE TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASSY AREA. VISUAL 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 N2565U (1)

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

- [Incident 20130512007959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130512007959I), May 12, 2013: Piper PA-28-181 (N2565U), Banning, CA, No damage. Lost power over Banning Airport, and landed runway 26 with out incident

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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