# Incident 20140618008649I: Sonex ONEX, Novato, CA, June 18, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2014, 09:30 local time
- Place: Novato, CA
- Airport: Gnoss Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- 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: N5343E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5343E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Blue Side UP Aviation GRP ONEX (registry code 056327V, https://openairdocs.org/model/blue-side-up-aviation-grp-onex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aeroconver AEROVEE (registry code 01401, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aeroconver-aerovee) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SONEX ONEX
- Reported engine: AEROCONVER AEROVEE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140618008649I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL ON RWY 31, GNOSS FIELD, PILOT OVER CORRECTED RUDDER INPUT AND LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN RIGHT  SIDE DEPARTURE OF RWY AND COMING TO STOP NOSE FIRST IN DRAINAGE DITCH ALONG EAST EDGE OF RWY. POB: ONE, INJURIES: NONE.

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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