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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD · Novato, CA · March 28, 2008

Date: March 28, 2008 · 13:15 local
Place: Novato, CA
Airport: Gnoss Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N370TB
Reported as: Socata TB20TRINIDAD
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540C4D5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 510 total139 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N370TBRegistration cancelled Sep 25, 2009 · Socata TB-20 TRINIDADS/N 1727 · Built 1996 Airframe modelSocata TB-20 TRINIDAD Engine modelLycoming IO-540-C4D5DReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Aircraft departed hayward airport hayward, CA (hwd) at 11:30 am to Novato, CA Gnoss Field (dvo). Pilot landed at (dvo) on runway 13 in a moderate crosswind. Inspection of the runway and propeller marks helped inspector privacy data omitted find the nose landing gear wheel and axle bolt missing from the aircraft after landing. The nose landing gear axle bolt was sheared off on the left side as indicated by the cut marks caused by the axle during a nose heavy landing on the left side of the tire. This is contrary to the pilot report stating he landed on the main gear and gradually put the nose down. After interviewing the pilot privacy data omitted his story changed and admitted he may have landed a bit hard.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HAYWARD AIRPORT HAYWARD, CA (HWD) AT 11:30 AM TO NOVATO, CA GNOSS FIELD (DVO). PILOT LANDED AT (DVO) ON RUNWAY 13 IN A MODERATE CROSSWIND. INSPECTION OF THE RUNWAY AND PROPELLER MARKS HELPED INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FIND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL AND AXLE BOLT MISSING FROM THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AXLE BOLT WAS SHEARED OFF ON THE LEFT SIDE AS INDICATED BY THE CUT MARKS CAUSED BY THE AXLE DURING A NOSE HEAVY LANDING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TIRE. THIS IS CONTRARY TO THE PILOT REPORT STATING HE LANDED ON THE MAIN GEAR AND GRADUALLY PUT THE NOSE DOWN. AFTER INTERVIEWING THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HIS STORY CHANGED AND ADMITTED HE MAY HAVE LANDED A BIT HARD.