# Incident 19850522034779I: Cessna 172M, Palo Alto, CA, May 22, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1985, 20:05 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Santa Clara Co
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64033, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64033-1991-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 55 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850522034779I

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING AND WHILE TURNING OFF AT END OF RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT STRUCK A LIGHT. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N64033 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19850802070989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850802070989A), Aug 2, 1985: Cessna 172M (N64033), Island Mountain, CA, Substantial damage. Landed long, bounced and floated before departing runway end. Nose dug into soft dirt and aircraft flipped over.

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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