# Incident 19970517017769I: Cessna R182, San Jose, CA, May 17, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1997, 16:09 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3329° N, 121.8198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REID-HILLVIEW OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY (RHV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3329&lon=-121.8198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756PL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756PL-2023-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3C5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,015 total, 750 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970517017769I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED: ON A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO RHV, HE ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST JUST AS HE FLAIRED. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE CAME UP SHARPLY AND DOWN VERY HARD CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. INSPECTOR STATEMENT: NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK FUNCTION OK. COPY OF THIS REPORT WAS FURNISHED TO SJC OPERATIONS UNIT. NO PILOT DEVIATION AND NO 8010-11 GENERATED. THIS TERMINATES 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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