# Incident 20040316004729I: Piper PA28R200, San Jose, CA, March 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2004, 12:07 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N33807, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33807-2019-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 52 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040316004729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT CALLED THE TOWER TO REQUEST A FULL STOP LANDING AT REID HILLVIEW AIRPORT. THE TOWER REPLIED ASKING THE PILOT TO REPORT 3 MILES ON BASE TO 31R. UPON REACHING 3 MILES ON BASE, THE PILOT TRIED TO CONTACT THE TOWER AND REALIZED THAT COM 1 WAS NOT WORKING, THEREFORE, HE SWITCHED TO COM 2 AND COULD HEAR THE TOWER AGAIN BUT COULD NOT REPLY. THE PILOT LAST HEARD THE TOWER WHEN HE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH. HE RESET THE MASTER SWITCH AND CHECKED THE ALTERNATOR CHARGE AND IT WAS INDICATING SLIGHTLY ABOVE ZERO. THE PILOT DECIDED TO DO A 360 DEGREE TURN BEFORE TURNING TO FINAL AND LANDING ON 31R. HE EXTENDED THE FLAPS TO 90 DEGREES, PUT LANDING GEAR DOWN AND ESTABLISHED A FINAL SPEED. DURING FLARE THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN DIDN'T SOUND, THEREFORE, THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE FORGETTING TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION ASSUMING THE GEAR WAS DOWN. AS THE PILOT HEARD THE PLANE CONTACT THE RUNWAY HE CLOSED THE MIXTURE CONTROL AND THROTTLE. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY THE PILOT PUT THE FUEL VALVE ON OFF, TURNED THE MASTER SWITCH OFF AND PLACED THE ALTERNATOR CONTROL IN THE OFF POSITION. THE SJC FSDO OPERATIONS UNIT INSPECTOR COUNSELED THE PILOT ON LOCATION. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N33807 (2)

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

- [Accident 20180306021779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180306021779A), Mar 6, 2018: Piper PA-28R-200 (N33807), Paso Robles, CA, Substantial damage. N33807 was on a training flight that originated in san jose California at the reid hillview airport (krhv) and terminated at the Paso roble municipal airport…
- [Incident 20021101031809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021101031809I), Nov 1, 2002: Piper PA28R200 (N33807), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed without having the landing gear extended. The gear handle was found in the up position. Gear horn was tested and worked properly.

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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