20251022015729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aubuchon Derrick L RV4 · San Jose, CA · October 22, 2025

Date
October 22, 2025 · 16:03 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
Norman Y Mineta San Jose International
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N184DA
Reported as
Aubuchon Derrick L RV4
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
74 total74 in this make and model74 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.

privacy data omitted Landed at sjc on rwy 30R and was given exiting instructions at txy foxtrot. After exiting the pilot contacted gc for instructions to the ga west ramp. Gc issued instructions to taxi via txy yankee and to hold short of rwy 30R at txy hotel. As privacy data omitted approached the hold short bars for rwy 30R at txy hotel they pressed on the brakes which caused the aircraft to tilt forward and caused a prop strike with the pavement.

If items are found that need to be added they will be added to this report as required.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AT SJC ON RWY 30R AND WAS GIVEN EXITING INSTRUCTIONS AT TXY FOXTROT. AFTER EXITING THE PILOT CONTACTED GC FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE GA WEST RAMP. GC ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO TAXI VIA TXY YANKEE AND TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 30R AT TXY HOTEL. AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPROACHED THE HOLD SHORT BARS FOR RWY 30R AT TXY HOTEL THEY PRESSED ON THE BRAKES WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TILT FORWARD AND CAUSED A PROP STRIKE WITH THE PAVEMENT.

IF ITEMS ARE FOUND THAT NEED TO BE ADDED THEY WILL BE ADDED TO THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED.