20250712009119I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 7ECA · San Jose, CA · July 12, 2025

Date
July 12, 2025 · 10:04 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
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9193L
Reported as
Bellanca 7ECA
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
430 total89 in this make and model12 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.

On a calm VFR day, the pilot was practicing patterns in a tailwheel aircraft on runway 13R at rhv, using a wheel landing technique, without lowering the tail to the ground. After 9 landings, 8 resulting in a touch and go, 1 resulting in a full stop, the pilot made his final wheel landing and during roll out the aircraft yawed to the right, the nose pitched forwardand the propeller struck the runway. The aircraft came to a stop on the right side of 13R near the grass.

No injuries occured.

As the FAA filed it

ON A CALM VFR DAY, THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING PATTERNS IN A TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 13R AT RHV, USING A WHEEL LANDING TECHNIQUE, WITHOUT LOWERING THE TAIL TO THE GROUND. AFTER 9 LANDINGS, 8 RESULTING IN A TOUCH AND GO, 1 RESULTING IN A FULL STOP, THE PILOT MADE HIS FINAL WHEEL LANDING AND DURING ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE RIGHT, THE NOSE PITCHED FORWARDAND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF 13R NEAR THE GRASS.

NO INJURIES OCCURED.