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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna TR182 · Novato, CA · August 3, 2002

Date: August 3, 2002 · 18:08 local
Place: Novato, CA
Airport: Gnoss Field Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N737UH
Reported as: Cessna TR182
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,588 total802 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On August 3, 2002 Ms. Michele e. scott, (PIC) conducted a flight from smith ranch to Gnoss field, California. Upon final approach to runway 13, the aircraft experienced crosswinds. The aircraft lost lift, fell to the runway, bounced, and landed on the nose gear. The aircraft nose gear fork broke and departed the aircraft. The propeller struck the runway and was bent aft due to the aircraft forward motion and under power. The aircraft was stopped in the first third of the runway near the centerline. No structural damage to firewall. Damage isolated to nose strut and wheel. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 3, 2002 MS. MICHELE E. SCOTT, (PIC) CONDUCTED A FLIGHT FROM SMITH RANCH TO GNOSS FIELD, CALIFORNIA. UPON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED CROSSWINDS. THE AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT, FELL TO THE RUNWAY, BOUNCED, AND LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR FORK BROKE AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND WAS BENT AFT DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD MOTION AND UNDER POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED IN THE FIRST THIRD OF THE RUNWAY NEAR THE CENTERLINE. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO FIREWALL. DAMAGE ISOLATED TO NOSE STRUT AND WHEEL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.