# Accident 20060108000229A: Cessna T206H, Palo Alto, CA, January 8, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2006, 00:15 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4611° N, 122.1147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4611&lon=-122.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N531HP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N531HP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T206H (registry code 2073303, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206H
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060108000229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N531H, A CESSNA 206H WHILE ATTEMPTING A NO FLAPS LANDING AT THE PALO ALTO AIRPORT, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA AT 00:15 AM ON JANUARY 08, 2006 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS ELEVATOR AND AFT FUSELAGE. THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, WHILE ATTEMPTING THIS LANDING DETERMINED THAT HE HAD DRIFTED OFF OF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY, AND THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BLOWN A TIRE. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ DECIDED TO EXECUTE A GO AROUND INSTEAD OF A FULL STOP LANDING. ONCE AIRBORNE, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ MADE THE DECISION TO DIVERT TO THE SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EIGHT MILES TO THE SOUTH FOR HIS LANDING. AFTER EXECUTING A SUCCESSFUL LANDING AT THE SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ TAXIED HIS AIRCRAFT TO THE ACM RAMP WHERE HE UNLOADED HIS THREE PASSENGERS. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ SAID HE DISCOVERED THE DAMAGE TO HIS AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ AT THIS POINT CONTACTED THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD TO REPORT HE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.

## 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 LAX06CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA084), Jan 8, 2006: Cessna T206H (N531HP), Palo Alto, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain proper runway alignment, which resulted in a collision with multiple objects.

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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