- Date
- August 26, 1986, 16:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N738WQCessna TR182RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860826042609A
- Case key
- 25240
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 was unable to fully extend the landing gear and the acft collided with the surface of rwy 30R during landing. Post accident inspection revealed the gear down hose assembly was ruptured thus allowing for a loss of hydraulic fluid.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738WQ
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-00970
- Airframe hours
- 822
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William G. Dunn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 14, 1986 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- MCE · Merced, CA
- Destination
- SJC · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- SJC · San Jose Intl., runway 30R, 4,419 × 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,700 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 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.