# Incident 20130926022599I: Cessna 750, San Jose, CA, September 26, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2013, 08:26 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- 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: N174CH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 750
- Reported engine: ALLISON AE3007C SER
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130926022599I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT N174CH WAS OPERATING ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT FROM MCGEE TYSON AIRPORT, KNOXVILLE  TENNESSEE (KTYS) TO SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA (KSJC).

WHILE DESCENDING INTO SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THE FLIGHT WAS ASSIGNED THE "EL NIDO 5" STANDARD INSTRUMENT ARRIVAL (STAR).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED DIRECT TO AN INTERMEDIATE FIX, "KNOLS".  DURING THIS PART OF THE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING THROUGH APPOXIMATELY 15,500 FEET WHEN THE FLIGHT CREW HEARD A "LOUD BANG".  THE AIRCRAFT ALSO STARTED TO VIBRATE.

FLIGHT CREW RESPONDED BY TURNING OFF THE AUTO-FLIGHT GUIDANCE SYSTEM (AUTO-PILOT) AND REDUCING SPEED.

FLIGHT CREW REPORT ALL AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS WERE READING NORMAL AFTER THE EVENT AND THERE WAS NO ADVERSE AIRCRAFT HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS NOTED.

THE AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING.  AFTER LAND WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXING TO PARKING, TOWER PERSONNEL NOTIFIED THE FLIGHT CREW THAT PART OF THE RIGHT ENGINE COWL WAS MISSING.

TOWER PERSONNEL NOTIFIED FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) REGIONAL OFFICE IN LOS ANGLES AND THE SAN JOSE FLIGHT DISTRICT OFFICE (FSDO).

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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