# Accident 20091214023189A: Piper PA22160, San Jose, CA, December 14, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2009, 16:14 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara C
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- 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: N9547D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9547D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,098 total, 54 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091214023189A

## Narrative

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

PIPER TRI-PACER N9547D LOST POWER AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 13R, AT REID HILLVIEW AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF 600' AGL WHEN THE POWER LOSS OCCURRED.  THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ELECTED TO DO A 180 DEGREE TURN TO THE LEFT TRYING TO LAND ON THE PARALLEL RUNWAY 31 RIGHT, RATHER THEN TO PROCEED STRAIGHT AHEAD INTO A SHOPPING - MALL PARKING LOT, FILLED WITH CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS.  THE AIRCRAFT FIRST MADE GROUND CONTACT SOUTH OF RUNWAY 31 RIGHT, RUN-UP AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED UNTIL MAKING CONTACT WITH THE ASPHALT LIP OF THE RUN-UP AREA, AT WHICH POINT FLIPPING OVER.

## 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 WPR10LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA083), Dec 15, 2009: Piper PA-22-160 (N9547D), San Jose, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to water contamination in the fuel system as a result of the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection.

## Other reports on N9547D (1)

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

- [Accident 19800814037649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800814037649A), Aug 14, 1980: Piper PA22160 (N9547D), Adelanto, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot overshot landing and flipped aircraft inverted.

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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