- Date
- September 28, 2017, 17:08 local (Sep 29, 2017, 00:08 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1652TCessna 414
- Defining event
- Landing: Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Case key
- 97874
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper descent rate, which resulted in a hard landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was cleared to land on runway 30R, but when he turned to the base leg, he observed a large airplane on final for 30L. However, he continued the approach, and the landing flare was normal, but the airplane landed hard. He recalled that the airplane "seemed ok," and he taxied to parking. The following week, the airplane underwent an annual inspection. The inspection revealed that the left wing false spar and trunnion were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he was cleared to land on runway 30 right, but when he turned base, he observed a large airplane on final for 30 left. However, he continued the approach, and during the landing the flare was normal, but the airplane landed hard. He recalled that the airplane "seemed ok" and he taxied to parking and shutdown. The following week, the airplane underwent an annual inspection. During the annual inspection the left wing false spar and trunnion required replacement. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing false spar and trunnion. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1652T
- Reported as
- Cessna 414 (Undesignat)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414-0432
- Built
- 1973
- Airframe hours
- 4,517.1
- Engines
- Continental TSIO-520 NB, 310 horsepower, reciprocatingContinental TSIO-520 NB, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 2016
- Departed
- SJC · San Jose, CA
- Destination
- SJC · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- SJC · Norman Y Mineta San Jose Intl, runway 30R, 11,000 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Electronic multifunction display, Data recorder, Auto-pilot
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 81
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 28, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 3,319 total · 2,458 in this make and model · 3,165 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Observed at
- KSJC
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 9, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.7 MB in all.
Other investigations on N1652T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.