# Incident 19800629056699I: Piper PA28/, Novato, CA, June 29, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1980, 18:00 local time
- Place: Novato, CA
- Airport: Gnoss
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N2938X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2938X-1989-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 121 total, 3 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800629056699I

## Narrative

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

LANDING DAMAGE TO NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLER. RUNWAY CONDITION FAIR, SETTLEMENT IN RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N2938X (1)

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

- [Accident 19880107000209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880107000209A), Jan 7, 1988: Piper PA28181 (N2938X), Napa, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Weather brief VFR not advised. Not current IFR.flew into IMC.filed. Had to hold. Became confused lost control crashed.

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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