# Accident 20221113019679A: Cessna 152, San Jose, CA, November 13, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2022, 15:30 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara C
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3329° N, 121.8198° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3329&lon=-121.8198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5171B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5171B-2024-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221113019679A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT TOOK OFF ON 11/13/22 AT 1523L AT REID-HILLVIEW AIRPORT (RHV) IN SAN JOSE, CA FOR HIS FOURTH EVER SOLO FLIGHT TO CONDUCT PATTERN WORK.  UPON FIRST ATTEMPT AT A LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AND THE AIRMAN PULLED POWER TO IDLE AND PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE.  UPON SUBSEQUENT IMPACT THE NOSE GEAR OF THE CESSNA 152 COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR23LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA029), Nov 13, 2022: Cessna 152 (N5171B), San Jose, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilots unstabilized approach and improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard bounced landing.

## Other reports on N5171B (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870121002849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870121002849A), Jan 21, 1987: Cessna 152 (N5171B), Orange, MA, Substantial damage. The aircraft lost directional control on landing when it encountered an ice patch. Veered into snowbank. Student.
- [Accident 19840428014709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840428014709A), Apr 28, 1984: Cessna 152 (N5171B), Laconia, NH, Substantial damage. Bounced into the air on a hard landing then allowed aircraft to come down on its nose wheel and collapse same.

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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