{"id":379762,"date":"2026-06-29T21:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379762\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:17:20","slug":"gyrocopter-crash-near-reid-hillview-airport-leaves-two-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379762\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyrocopter crash near Reid-Hillview Airport leaves two injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/42n4y4bi85p17n0r.jpg\" alt=\"Gyrocopter crashes in field in San Jose\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/42n4y4bi85p17n0r.jpg\" alt=\"Gyrocopter crashes in field in San Jose\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">SAN JOSE, Calif. &#8211; An MTO Sport gyrocopter crashed on Monday in a field near Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose with two people onboard, according to the fire department and the Federal Aviations Association.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Gyrocopter crash in San Jose <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">One person was taken to the hospital with moderate injuries. And the other person suffered minor injuries and was released at the scene, according to the fire department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sj-crash.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">A gyrocopter crashed in a field near the Reid-Hillview airport in San Jose. June 29, 2026. <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The crash was reported just before 11:40 a.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A gyrocopter looks similar to a helicopter, but is rarer and cheaper compared to the latter. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flydays.co.uk\/news\/gyrocopters-explained-what-they-are-and-why-youll-love-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FlyDays website<\/a>, they represent a small niche in general aviation, mainly used for recreation, aerial photography, and some niche agricultural or patrol uses.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Federal Aviation Association said in the statement that they are investigating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">No other information was provided.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Traffic was impacted eastbound on Tully Road at Eastbridge Lane and the police advise the public to avoid the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SKYFOX chopper view of the field where a gyrocopter crashed in San Jose. Monday, June 29, 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: San Jose police and fire departments, FlyDays website\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/santa-clara-county\/san-jose\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, Calif. &#8211; An MTO Sport gyrocopter crashed on Monday in a field near Reid-Hillview Airport in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1184,100,88,90,89,198,1181],"class_list":["post-379762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-ca","tag-news","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}