# Accident 19731027033309A: Piper PA32300, Novato, CA, October 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1973
- Place: Novato, CA
- Airport: Gnoss
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 38.1436° N, 122.5571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GNOSS FLD (DVO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1436&lon=-122.5571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56329, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56329-2011-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 26 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74DVD16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVD16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731027033309A

## Narrative

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

MISTOOK TRUCK ON PROPERTY NEXT TO RWY DEP END FOR ONCOMING ACFT DUE REFLECTION. ABORTED TKOF.

## 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 OAK74DVD16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVD16), Oct 27, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N56329), Novato, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N56329 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19831122058379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831122058379A), Nov 22, 1983: Piper PA32300 (N56329), Montego Bay, JM, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed during emergency landing after engine failed for unknown reasons.

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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