# Incident 20080328013239I: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, Novato, CA, March 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2008, 13:15 local time
- Place: Novato, CA
- Airport: Gnoss Field
- 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: N370TB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N370TB-2009-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-C4D5D (registry code 41652, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-c4d5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB20TRINIDAD
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4D5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 139 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080328013239I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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