A single-engine Cessna 140 crashed in the mud flats on the Alameda County side of the bay shortly after takeoff from Palo Alto Airport on Saturday. No one was hurt in the crash, and the pilot escaped mostly unscathed. According to authorities, the plane crashed around 12:40 p.m.

The crash comes just a year after a plane crashed shortly after takeoff in East Palo Alto last February. That crash killed three Tesla employees and destroyed a day-care center.

In Saturday’s crash, the Menlo Park Fire Department rescued the retired commercial pilot, who was flying to Illinois. The pilot, who remains unidentified, has more than 30,000 hours of flying experience and declined transportation to a hospital for further medical treatment.

– Kabir Sawhney