# Accident 20041004025689A: Cessna 152, San Jose, CA, October 4, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2004, 14:20 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3181° N, 121.8197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3181&lon=-121.8197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24373, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24373) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,211 total, 665 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041004025689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AN INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE CONDUCTING TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS ON RWY 31L AT REID-HILLVIEW AIRPORT (RHV). WHILE ON DOWNWIND ABEAM THE APPROACH END NUMBERS, THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT LOOKED TOWARD THE RUNWAY TO ASSESS DISTANCE FROM THE TOUCHDOWN AREA. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT EVERYTHING APPEARED SATISFACTORY AND AS THEY FACED FORWARD, THEY CAUGHT A FLASHING GLIMPSE OF A BROWN BIRD WING FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A LOUD CRASH FROM THE RIGHT WING. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE IMMEDIATELY ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT WING APPEARED TO BE DAMAGED. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING, THEY TAXIED TO PARKING AND NOTIFIED THE CHIEF MECHANIC. THE CHIEF MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT IT WAS IN FACT A BIRD STRIKE AND BEGAN ASSESSING THE DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX05CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA003), Oct 4, 2004: Cessna 152 (N24373), San Jose, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: an in-flight collision with a bird.

## Other reports on N24373 (1)

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

- [Incident 19860604034159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860604034159I), Jun 4, 1986: Cessna 152 (N24373), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. During maintenance runup, aircraft jumped its chocks and struck 2 parked aircraft.

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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