# Incident 20090816022389I: Piper PA28180, Novato, CA, August 16, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2009, 15:30 local time
- Place: Novato, CA
- Airport: Gnoss Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- 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: N5378L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5378L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 171 total, 98 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/20090816022389I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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