Plane crash injures three aboard on San Jose roadway

A small plane crashed onto a San Jose roadway, injuring all three people aboard: two adults and a child. The San Jose Fire Department said the occupants went to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. The crash involved no ground vehicles, and officials contained and absorbed a minor fuel spill. The crash occurred near Capitol Expressway and Excalibur Drive.

ABC7 Bay Area reported that it happened shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday; the New York Post gave the same approximate time and location. The San Francisco Chronicle’s headline also reported injuries to one child and two adults, while SuaraGarut.ID’s headline described three people injured on a San Jose roadway.

The San Jose Fire Department identified the people aboard as two adults and one child. The department’s account, reported by ABC7 Bay Area and the New York Post, says all three were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The sources do not identify the occupants or describe the nature of their injuries beyond that assessment.

The crash did not involve vehicles on the ground, according to the fire department. Officials also said a minor fuel spill followed the crash and was contained and absorbed. Those details indicate that the reported immediate effects extended beyond the injuries aboard the aircraft to a limited spill, while no ground-vehicle involvement was reported.

ABC7 Bay Area reported that Federal Aviation Administration records identified the aircraft as a 1968 Cessna 177A Cardinal registered to Flying Twenty Inc, described as a nonprofit flight club for San Jose State University students, alumni and faculty.

That identification and registration information comes from the FAA records cited by the outlet; the other detailed account does not provide those particulars. The New York Post called the roadway a highway, while ABC7 Bay Area described the location as a roadway and the headlines from the San Francisco Chronicle and SuaraGarut.ID also referred to a roadway.

The accounts otherwise place the crash in the same area and report three people aboard and three injuries. The New York Post included scene photographs showing damage to the plane’s nose. The sources do not state what caused the aircraft to crash or provide an account from the pilot.

The San Jose Fire Department’s reported findings establish the injuries, lack of ground vehicles and contained fuel spill; the crash’s cause remains unresolved in these accounts. Further details about the investigation, aircraft operation and the occupants’ condition were not reported.