# Incident 20001030028329I: Cessna 152, San Jose, CA, October 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2000, 09:00 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N45961, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45961-2008-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 22 total, 22 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/20001030028329I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LANDING ON RUNWAY 29 AT THE SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON SAN JOSE, CA. UPON TOUCHDOWN HE FELT A NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL SHIMMY.  THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE NOTICED THE SHIMMY HE APPLIED SOME BRAKING ACTION IN AN ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE THE SHIMMY.  HE COULD NOT COMPREHEND WHT HE WAS DOING WRONG.  HOWEVER, THE PILOT'S INSTRUCTOR WAS OBSERVING THE ENTIRE LANDING FROM THE AIRCRAFT RAMP AND IN HIS STATEMENT TO THIS OFFICE, HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ABOUT FOUR (4) FEET.  AT THIS POINT, INSTEAD OF HOLDING THE NOSE UP AND ADDING POWER TO SLOW THE DESCENT RATE, THE PILOT LET THE NOSE DROP.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ANOTHER 4 OR 5 TIMES.  THE NOSE WHEEL HIT THE GROUND FIRST, THEN THE MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN.  THE SUDDEN DROP OF THE NOSE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO COME DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR CAUSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE IN THE AFT DIRECTION.  WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED IT CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP.

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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