# Accident 19780629015499A: Bnorm BN2A, Novato, CA, June 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1978
- Place: Novato, CA
- Airport: Gnoss Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N41JA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41JA-1980-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Britten-Norman BN-2A-6 (registry code 1520205, https://openairdocs.org/model/britten-norman-bn-2a-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,907 total, 828 in this make and model, 233 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FVD42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVD42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780629015499A

## Narrative

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

LEFT WHEEL HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINE SEPARATED.

## 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 OAK78FVD42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVD42), Jun 29, 1978: Brittnorman BN-2A (N41JA), Novato, CA, substantial damage

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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