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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Novato, CA · August 16, 2009

Date
August 16, 2009 · 15:30 local
Place
Novato, CA
Airport
Gnoss Field
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5378L
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
171 total98 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.

Pilot was landing the aircraft at Gnoss Field (kdvo) on runway 31. Aircraft rolled off the end of the runway and struck a dirt mound. Nose gear strut was sheared off with engine throttled back and rotating causing propeller damage and engine sudden stoppage. Pilot and passenger evacuated aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT AT GNOSS FIELD (KDVO) ON RUNWAY 31. AIRCRAFT ROLLED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A DIRT MOUND. NOSE GEAR STRUT WAS SHEARED OFF WITH ENGINE THROTTLED BACK AND ROTATING CAUSING PROPELLER DAMAGE AND ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE. PILOT AND PASSENGER EVACUATED AIRCRAFT.