# Incident 20230117007119I: Cessna 501, San Jose, CA, January 17, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2023, 08:39 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Norman Y Mineta San Jose International
- 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: N111MK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N111MK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 501 (registry code 2076603, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-501) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230117007119I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 17, 2023 AT 0807 PST ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^HIT THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY WHILE LANDING AT SJC.  THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE TAILCONE.  THE AIRCRAFT IS AUTHORIZED TO FLY SINGLE PILOT.  THE PIC WAS TYPE RATED AND CURRENT IN THE AIRCRAFT BUT BOTH THE PIC AND PASSENGER STATED THAT THE PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT SEAT, A COMMERICAL PILOT WITHOUT A TYPE RATING IN THE AIRCRAFT AND NO EXPERIENCE FLYING IN THE AIRCRAFT OR IN JET AIRCAFT IN GENERAL WAS OPERATING THE CONTROLS DURING THE LANDING. THE PIC AND PASSENGER WERE THE ONLY TWO OCCUPANTS.  THE PIC STATED THAT THEY WERE TAKING THE MULTIENGINE JET AIRCRAFT FOR A FLIGHT FOR PLEASURE AND NOT BUSINESS.  THE PASSENGER THAT WAS WAITING TO BE PICKED UP STATED THAT THEY WERE BEING FLOWN WITHOUT PAYING COMPENSATION, AS FRIENDS.

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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