# Incident 20250201001469I: Raytheon Aircraft Company G58, Palo Alto, CA, February 1, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2025, 15:01 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4611° N, 122.1150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALO ALTO (PAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4611&lon=-122.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N586RF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N586RF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon G58 (registry code 7150060, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-g58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY G58
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,250 total, 4,630 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250201001469I

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KTLR ON FEBRUARY 1, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 2PM FOR A 1-HOUR FLIGHT TO KPAO. PURPOSE WAS FLYING A FAMILY FRIEND TO PICK UP MOTHER'S MEDICINE FROM STANFORD AND RETURN TO TULARE. THE PILOT FLEW AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31, CIRCLING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 13 JUST BEFORE 3PM. WEATHER CONDITIONS INCLUDED A 1700-FOOT CEILING AND 3 MILES VISIBILITY. THE PILOT STATES HE PLANNED LANDING DISTANCE TO BE 1200 FEET AT A WEIGHT OF 5215 POUNDS USING AFM DATA FOR DRY CONDITIONS. THE RUNWAY WAS WET WITH PUDDLES DUE TO RAIN SHOWERS. THE PILOT STATES HE APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AND STARTED TO HYDROPLANE. HE CHOSE NOT TO ATTEMPT A GO AROUND DUE TO RUNWAY LENGTH REMAINING (OF 2441 FEET TOTAL). THE PLANE RAN OFF THE END, UP A BERM AND THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE BEFORE STOPPING IN WETLAND MUD. NO ONE WAS INJURED. PASSENGER CONCURS.

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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