# Accident 20080720844081A: Rhnflu EA300L, San Jose, CA, July 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2008, 15:25 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara C
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3328° N, 121.8197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3328&lon=-121.8197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N981KM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N981KM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Extra Flugzeugproduktions EA 300/L (registry code 70218DN, https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugproduktions-ea-300-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540-L1B5 (registry code 41792, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-l1b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RHNFLU EA300L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080720844081A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CAUSAL PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STATES THAT AFTER HE LANDED AT REID-HILLVIEW AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 31L IN HIS TAIL WHEELED EA300/L AIRCRAFT, HE WAS INSTRUCTED BY FAA TOWER PERSONNEL TO EXIT AT TAXIWAY "D" AND HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 31R. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADMITS TO OBSERVING A CESSNA AIRCAFT LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAYS "D" AND "Z" AS HE EXITED THE RUNWAY. FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS BY FAA TOWER PERSONNEL TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE FOR HIS AIRCRAFT TO CROSS RUNWAY 31R AND CONTINUE ON TAXIWAY "D". AFTER CROSSING RUNWAY 31R ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTINUED TAXIING ON TAXIWAY "D" WITHOUT COMMENCING THE "S" TURNING PROCEDURE TO OBSERVE ANY OBSTACLES IN HIS PATH. AS A CONSEQUENCE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOTED HIS AIRCAFT INTO THE TAIL ASSEMBLY OF A CESSNA TR182 AIRCRAFT THAT WAS POSITIONED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAYS "D" AND "Z" CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE CESSNA TR182 PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER WHICH STRUCK THE CESSNA TR182 EMPENNAGE. AMENDED DATE: 08/21/08: BLOCK 20 (1 FLIGHT CREW ABOARD)

## 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 LAX08LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA235), Jul 20, 2008: Extra Flugzeugproduktions-und EA 300/L (N981KM), San Jose, CA, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot of the other airplane's inadequate visual lookout and failure to maintain clearance from another airplane.

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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