# Incident 20020604011349I: Cessna 550, San Jose, CA, June 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2002, 19:12 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N669MA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Pilot flight hours: 16,211 total, 5,600 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020604011349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 06, 2002 N669MA A CESSNA 550 FROM DALLAS, TX LANDED AT SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SJC) ON RUNWAY 30 RIGHT AT 18:52 PDT. AFTER CLEARING THE RUNWAY AND PROCEEDING DOWN THE TAXI WAY WITHOUT WARNING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK AND PISTON ASSY FAILED CAUSING THE NOSE TIRE TO SEPARATE FROM THE FORK AND PISTON ASSY BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT TO A SUDDEN STOP ON THE TAXI WAY. NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OR PASSENGERS BUT THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER CFR 14 PART 91 AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE 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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