# Incident 19980821021579I: Extra EA300, San Jose, CA, August 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1998, 15:45 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- 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: N540DT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EXTRA EA300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 200 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980821021579I

## Narrative

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

DURING A LOCAL FLIGHT FROM REID-HILL VIEW AIRPORT, EXTRA N540DT LOST POWER AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD 12.8 NAUTICAL MILES ON THE SJC 068 DEGREE RADIAL. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE FAILED DURING FLIGHT, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FAIL.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.