{"id":501237,"date":"2026-10-19T17:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501237\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T17:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:54:11","slug":"engine-failure-may-have-caused-small-plane-to-crash-in-san-jose-nbc-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501237\/","title":{"rendered":"Engine failure may have caused small plane to crash in San Jose \u2013 NBC Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Engine failure may have caused a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/san-jose-plane-crash-capitol-expressway\/4160677\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">small plane to crash on one of San Jose\u2019s busiest streets on Saturday<\/a>, according to air traffic control recordings.<\/p>\n<p>Two adults and a child were in the plane when it went down at the intersection of Capitol Expressway and Excalibur Drive. They did not suffer any life-threatening injuries, the San Jose Fire Department said.<\/p>\n<p>Air traffic control recordings indicate the pilot was in trouble before the crash.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are having engine failure,&#8221; the pilot could be heard saying. &#8220;I&#8217;m declaring an emergency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Cessna 177 aircraft was based at Reid-Hillview Airport in East San Jose and was part of a flight club linked to San Jose State University.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the university said, \u201cThe aircraft involved is owned and operated by Flying20, an independent flying club. While Flying20&#8217;s membership includes some San Jose State University alumni, employees and students, the club is not operated by the university.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vice president of the flight club declined to comment about the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors said this was not the first time a plane flying out of Reid-Hillview has crashed near their homes. Maria Reyes has lived near the airport for 54 years and said she wants Reid-Hillview to close to protect her neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe live with the constant fear of another airplane flying into our community and crashing,&#8221; she said. &#8220;People don\u2019t seem to understand that that\u2019s an anxiety that we live with day in and day out. We don\u2019t know if there&#8217;s going to be another crash.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The fire department said it responded to another plane crash at Reid-Hillview Friday night. No one was hurt.<\/p>\n<p>The FAA said it\u2019s investigating.<\/p>\n<p> NBC Bay Area reached out to the NTSB but did not immediately receive a response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Engine failure may have caused a small plane to crash on one of San Jose\u2019s busiest streets on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-501237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501237","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=501237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}