# Incident 19980316018289I: Piper PA23250, San Jose, CA, March 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1998, 11:18 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- 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: N55DT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55DT-2014-07-22) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,965 total, 87 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/19980316018289I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT DID NOT USE BOOST PUMP RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE. INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL, LANDING WITH RT ENGINE ONLY.

## Other reports on N55DT (1)

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

- [Incident 19880325018659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880325018659I), Mar 25, 1988: Piper PA23250 (N55DT), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Student not endorsed for solo flight. No log book record of endorsements.

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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