# Accident 19810511023759A: Cessna 172, Novato, CA, May 11, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1981, 21:15 local time
- Place: Novato, CA
- Airport: Gnoss
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- 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: N6085A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6085A-2000-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,803 total, 630 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FVD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVD22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810511023759A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AIRPORT WAS CLOSED.

## 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 LAX81FVD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVD22), May 11, 1981: Cessna 172 (N6085A), Novato, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6085A (1)

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

- [Accident 19990313002189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990313002189A), Mar 13, 1999: Cessna 172 (N6085A), Greeley, CO, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Acft crashed under unknown circumstances, the 2 POB suffered fatal injuries. The acft was destroyed. (-23) a/c collided with terrain during descent. The pilot…

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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