# Incident 20010726020179I: Cessna T303, San Jose, CA, July 26, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2001, 10:00 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WNHA
- 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: N9477T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9477T-2011-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T303 (registry code 2073820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t303) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T303
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,935 total, 200 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/20010726020179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING RUNUP LEFT PROPELLER GOVERNOR OIL LINE BECAME LOOSE AT THE GORVERNOR FITTING, LEAKED OIL ONTO ENGINE EXHAUST DUCTING CAUSING NOTICABLE SMOKE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO RAMP, DEPLANED PASSENGERS WITHOUR FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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