- Date
- October 17, 2026, 15:08 local (22:08 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N30544Cessna 177A
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Case key
- 204028
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
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30544
- Reported as
- Cessna 177A
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Flying Twenty Inc
- Registered owner
- Flying Twenty Inc
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- 1 nm away