# Accident 20161026021499A: Cessna 182T, Palo Alto, CA, October 26, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2016, 12:45 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4611° N, 122.1150° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4611&lon=-122.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N387CS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N387CS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 (registry code 41808, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-ab1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-AB1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 224 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161026021499A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 25, 2016 AT PALO ALTO AIRPORT AT 11:45 PST, AIRCRAFT N387CS TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY THE SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FOOT MARK OF A TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED FEET RUNWAY, HIT THE GROUND AND BOUNCED ONCE, SHEARING OFF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY FEET WITH PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA17CA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA048), Oct 26, 2016: Cessna 182 (N387CS), Palo Alto, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to perform a go-around when he recognized that the airplane was high and fast during the final approach, which resulted in an improper landing flare and a hard landing.

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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