# Incident 20150404006009I: Piper PA-44-180, San Jose, CA, April 4, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2015, 13:40 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid Hillview
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NZDS
- 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: N2967D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2967D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150404006009I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT CALLED REID HILLVIEW AIRPORT TOWER AT 1340 LCL, STATING HE LOST HIS EMERGENCY DOOR (WINDOW) 4 MILES SOUTH OF UTC AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 LOCAL TIME LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, NO INJURIES OR OTHER DAMAGE REPORTED.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.