- Date
- February 28, 1984, 15:43 local (23:43 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7168TCessna 172A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840228004359A
- Case key
- 24189
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt of the Cessna 172 requested clearance to rwy 30R & was cleared as requested. While taxiing, he was cautioned about turbulence behind a DC-9. The DC-9 plts were waiting to takeoff on rwy 30L. The Cessna plt started to pass as the DC-9 was cleared onto rwy 30L to hold. The Cessna encountered jet blast from the DC-9 & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7168T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46768
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Continental O-300-C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Earl W. Edelen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- 088 · Rio Vista, CA
- Airport
- SJC · San Jose Muni, runway 30R, 4,418 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,858 total · 1,407 in this make and model · 2,749 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.