# Incident 20020803022909I: Cessna TR182, Novato, CA, August 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2002, 18:08 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: N737UH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,588 total, 802 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020803022909I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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