# Incident 19981230044509I: Cessna T210M, Palo Alto, CA, December 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1998, 18:35 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N36X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 45 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/19981230044509I

## Narrative

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

MR. WESSBECHER BOUNCED HIS FIRST ATTEMPT AT LANDING AND ABORTED THE LANDING. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT HE LANDED LONG TRYING TO JUDGE THE HEIGHT ABOVE TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND THE ALL THREE PROPS STRUCK THE GROUND. THE LEFT MAIN TIRE WAS LOCKED AND BLOWN IN HIS ATTEMPT TO STOP. THE PROP STRIKE INDICATED THAT THREE INCHES OF EACH PROP DUG INTO THE SOFT GROUND.

## Other reports on N36X (1)

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

- [Accident 20221027022309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221027022309A), Oct 27, 2022: Cessna T210M (N36X), Burleson, TX, Substantial damage. The flight originated in columbus ga at kcsg at 4:55 EDT. At approximately 1/2 to 3/4 mile final to fws runway 18R, 300 feet AGL, the engine quit. The pilot…

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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