# Incident 19961220044109I: Piper PA23250, San Jose, CA, December 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1996, 17:34 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- 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: N6689Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6689Y-2022-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,569 total, 66 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961220044109I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 20, 1996, WHILE ON A VFR APPROACH INTO SAN JOSE AIRPORT THE LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. MR. NELSON SWITCHED TO THE LEFT OUTBOARD FUEL TANK, THE LEFT ENGINE STARTED, RAN FOR ANOTHER MINUTE, AND QUIT A SECOND TIME. MR. NELSON DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS ADVISED, BY BAY APPROACH, THE CLOSEST AIRPORT WAS REID HILLVIEW. DURING FINAL ON RUNWAY 31R MR. NELSON NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR NOT EXTENDED. THE LANDING WAS TERMINATED, THE GEAR AND FLAPS WERE HAND PUMPED DOWN DURING THE GO AROUND, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON 13L. THE LANDING ON 13L WAS TOO FAST AND TOO FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR A CONTROL STOP. MR. NELSON DECIDED TO SWERVE OFF TO THE RIGHT COLLAPSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. NO PILOT DEVIATION AND NO 8020.11 GENERATED. A COPY OF THIS REPORT WAS SUPPLIED TO SAN JOSE FSDO OPERATION UNIT. THIS TERMINATED THE INVESTIGATION AND THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

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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