# Incident 20260511004619I: Lake Aircraft Inc LA250, Palo Alto, CA, May 11, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2026, 17:25 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: N83VV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83VV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA250 (registry code 056141J, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAKE AIRCRAFT INC LA250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260511004619I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT VFR ARRIVAL TO KPAO, FLYING THE PROFILE OF GPS 31 APPROACH (STRAIGHT IT TO 31). PILOT SAID NORMAL PRE-LANDING CHECKS COMPLETED, GEAR DOWN, GREEN LIGHT, 3 WHEELS VISUALLY CONFIRMED AND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE UP. NORMAL LANDING WAS EXECUTED IN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE. ON ROLLOUT, AFTER CRESTING A HUMP IN THE RUNWAY (KPAO RUNWAY IS BUILT ON BAYLAND FILL AND IS NOT FLAT, THERE ARE MULTIPLE LARGE UNDULATIONS), THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE LEFT WING FLOAT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND CAME TO REST BETWEEN THE CENTERLINE AND THE LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY, BETWEEN TWY B AND C. PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND MASTER SWITCH. PILOT SAID THE GEAR HANDLE APPEARED DOWN, BUT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WAS INDICATING ZERO. WHEN THE PILOT TURNED THE SWITCHES BACK ON AND PRESSED THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN, IT MOVED SLIGHTLY FURTHER DOWN AND SAW HYDRAULIC PRESSURE COMING BACK UP.

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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