# Incident 20110722017209I: Piaggio P180, San Jose, CA, July 22, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2011, 15:00 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140SL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIAGGIO P180
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-66 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110722017209I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 ON JULY 22,2011, AIRCRAFT N140SL, A PIAGGIO P180 AIRCRAFT WAS EXECUTING  A ROUTINE  LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 LEFT AT THE SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  ON FINAL APPROACH THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S THROTTLES WERE SPLIT BY ONE HALF KNOB.  DURING LANDING ROLL OUT HE BROUGHT POWER TO APPROXIMATELY MID REVERSE RANGE, AND AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT PULLED HARD LEFT. HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE THROTTLES OUT OF REVERSE POWER AND APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT THE HARD PULL TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DRIFT  LEFT SO HE INCREASE HARD RIGHT BRAKEING IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DRIFT LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY BLOWING OUT A TIRE AND STRIKING AN ELEVATED TAXI LIGHT.  BOTH PROPELLERS SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE FROM THE DUST AND DEBRIS.  THE CREW SHUT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINES DOWN AND CALLED AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE.

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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