# Incident 19980929032139I: Cessna 172N, San Jose, CA, September 29, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1998, 15:10 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- 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: N9568G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9568G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 84 total, 84 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980929032139I

## Narrative

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

A FOREIGN STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS. JUST AS HE FLARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31R, A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TWO RUNWAY LIGHTS BEFORE THE PILOT COULD REGAIN CONTROL. ONCE HE WAS ABLE TO RECOVER CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, HE COMPLETED HIS LANDING ROLL-OUT ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N9568G (2)

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

- [Incident 19990509026131I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990509026131I), May 9, 1999: Cessna 172M (N9568G), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. (-5) On Sunday, may 9, 1999, at approximately 10:52 am, local time, a helicopter N2011A was cleared to air taxi to and cleared for take off from an area called…
- [Accident 19871121069889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871121069889A), Nov 21, 1987: Cessna 172N (N9568G), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Went around and landed nose first with no flare. Damaged gear and propeller.

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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