# Accident 20081229854229A: Stemme S10, San Jose, CA, December 29, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2008, 13:10 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara C
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- 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: N8679, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8679-2015-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stemme S-10 (registry code 1130868, https://openairdocs.org/model/stemme-s-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEMME S10
- Reported engine: LEMBACH2400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 124 total, 13 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081229854229A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXIING HIS STEMME S10 MOTORGLIDER TO RUNWAY 31R ON TAXIWAY Z.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE ALWAYS STAYS TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER LINE WHEN TAXIING TO 31R TO AVOID THE HANGERS TO THE LEFT (THE WING SPAN OF THE S10 MOTORGLIDER IS 75 FEET).  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DISTRACTED AND THE WINGTIP (6 TO 8 INCHES FROM THE TIP) OF THE LEFT WING CLIPPED A HANGER, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO MAKE A SUDDEN 90 DEGREE TURN TO THE LEFT STRIKING THE HANGER.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N8679 (1)

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

- [Incident 20100213029119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100213029119I), Feb 13, 2010: Stemme Gmbh S-10 (N8679), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. N8679 was cleared to land on runway 31L. Upon landing N8679 veered off runway 31L into the grass.

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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