# Incident 20010408006769I: Cessna 182Q, Palo Alto, CA, April 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2001, 12:27 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (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: N759VZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N759VZ-2015-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Pilot flight hours: 2,271 total, 1,014 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010408006769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER NORMAL RUNUP, HE PROCEEDED TO TAKEOFF FROM PALO ALTO, CA. AIRPORT RUNWAY 13. THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT ACCELERATING NORMALLY AND MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED TO 20 INCHES. HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF, BUT COULD NOT SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO MAKE A NORMAL RUNWAY EXIT AT THE DEPARTURE END. THEREFORE, HE OVERSHOT THE EXIT TAXIWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE AND CAME TO REST AFTER THE LEFT IWNG COLLIDED WITH THE CIRCUIT BREAKER SHED LOCATED JUST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY. AN INSPECTION OF THE A/C REVEALED THAT THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, INCLUDING SOME DAMAGE TO THE TRAILING EDGE ON THRE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WING FORWARD OF THE AILERON. AFTER THE INTIAL INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED THE LEASING EDGE WAS TEMPORARILY REPAIRED UNTIL PERMANENT REPAIRS COULD BE MADE IN LONG BEACH, CA. FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON THE CARBURETOR REVEALED THAT THE FLOAT WAS STUCK CAUSING THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM. THE A/C WAS FLOWN ON A FERRY FLIGHT TO LONG BEACH, CA. FOR THE PERMANENT REPAIRS TO THE LEADING EDGE AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WING. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N759VZ (1)

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

- [Accident 19790401043101A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790401043101A), Apr 1, 1979: Cessna 182 (N759VZ), Van Nuys, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot taxied aircraft into wing of parked airplane.

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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