# Accident 19790225003649A: Cessna T337G, East Palo Alto, CA, February 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1979, 08:56 local time
- Place: East Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4611° N, 122.1150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALO ALTO (PAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4611&lon=-122.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337G (registry code 2075726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337G
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,950 total, 567 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FVM13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVM13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790225003649A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FRONT ENGINE LOST POWER AT ROTATION FOR TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT STRUCK EMBANKMENT OFF END OF RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK79FVM13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVM13), Feb 25, 1979: Cessna T337G (N62S), Palo Alto, CA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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