# Incident 20020302004089I: Blanca 14193, Novato, CA, March 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2002, 16:26 local time
- Place: Novato, CA
- Airport: Gnoss Field Airport
- 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: N7634E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7634E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Downer BELLANCA 14-19-3 (registry code 3080116, https://openairdocs.org/model/downer-bellanca-14-19-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 14193
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020302004089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. SARASY WAS SETTING UP ON A 45 APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13 AT THE NOVATO AIRPORT (DVO). ON HIS APPROACH HE HEARD ON THE RADIO THAT RUNWAY 13 WAS IN USE. HE CHANGED HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31. AS HE DID, HE AGAIN WENT THROUGH HIS APPROACH CHECK LIST. AT THE POINT WHERE THE CHECK LIST INSTRUCTS HIM TO EXTEND THE GEAR, HE INSTEAD RETRACTED THE GEAR. HE STATED THAT HE HAD ALREADY EXTENDED THE GEAR EARLIER ON THE APPROACH TO THE OTHER RUNWAY. AT TOUCH DOWN HE NOTICED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND SKIDDED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. IT STRUCK A TAXI INDICATOR LIGHT AND CAME TO REST ABOUT MID-FIELD.

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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