# Incident 19970612013899I: Cessna A185F, Novato, CA, June 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1997, 14:00 local time
- Place: Novato, CA
- Airport: Gnoss Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N9434N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9434N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,974 total, 1,367 in this make and model, 149 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970612013899I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TWO TRIES LAND IN CROSSWIND. SIC LANDED. WIND LIFTED WING. OTHER HIT.GROUND LOOPED. FOLDED RIGHT GEAR.

## Other reports on N9434N (1)

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

- [Accident 20070528013819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070528013819A), May 28, 2007: Cessna A185F (N9434N), Wilbur, WA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Airman departed to the east from personal airstrip, according to his spouse, between 1500 and 1530. Aircraft is subsequently discovered 1/4 mile north of…

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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