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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · San Jose, CA · November 7, 2015

Date
November 7, 2015 · 20:40 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara C
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N21679
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR16LA024
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
58 total58 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft landed on rwy 31R then lost control drifting off the runway into the grass, to the left, striking an airport sign and flipping over coming to rest on taxiway delta upside down.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RWY 31R THEN LOST CONTROL DRIFTING OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, TO THE LEFT, STRIKING AN AIRPORT SIGN AND FLIPPING OVER COMING TO REST ON TAXIWAY DELTA UPSIDE DOWN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.