# Incident 20160324022349I: Piaggio Aero Industries Spa P180, San Jose, CA, March 24, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2016, 12:05 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N871AT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIAGGIO AERO INDUSTRIES SPA P180
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-66B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 250 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160324022349I

## Narrative

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

THURSDAY MARCH 24 @ APPROXIMATELY 12:10 PST IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF SAN JOSE ATCT WAS NOTIFIED BY THE PIC OF N871AT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXPERIENCING A HYDRAULIC PROBLEM AND NEEDED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE A PASS OVER RUNWAY 30L TO CERTIFY WITH ATC WHETHER OR NOT THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN WHICH THE TOWER CONFIRMED.  SJC EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE DISPATCHED.  UPON TOUCHDOWN ON 30 LEFT AT ABOUT THE 2000 FOOT MARKERS, THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET, COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 320 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS THEN EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES WERE 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.

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