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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170 · Palo Alto, CA · February 1, 1989

Date
February 1, 1989 · 16:00 local
Place
Palo Alto, CA
Airport
Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4229V
Reported as
Cessna 170
Reported engine
Continental C1452
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
417 total10 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost control on landing when aircraft hit by wind gust. Wing hit runway. Veered off runway and stopped nose down.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL ON LANDING WHEN AIRCRAFT HIT BY WIND GUST. WING HIT RUNWAY. VEERED OFF RUNWAY AND STOPPED NOSE DOWN.