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Pilot Walks Away After His Experimental Plane Crashes In San Jose

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) -- An aircraft pilot escaped injury Saturday afternoon at San Jose's Reid-Hillview Airport when the nose of his plane hit the runway upon landing, a fire department dispatcher said.

Dispatchers got the first call reporting the crash at 1:59 p.m. at the airport located at 2500 Cunningham Ave.

Only one person was on board what dispatchers and police said was a single engine experimental plane.

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