# Accident 20150628010859A: Piper PA-28-180, Novato, CA, June 28, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2015, 11:30 local time
- Place: Novato, CA
- Airport: Gnoss Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1436° N, 122.5561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1436&lon=-122.5561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9069J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9069J-2018-10-23) (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 PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 388 total, 360 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150628010859A

## Narrative

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

6/28/2015 - AT 11:50 PDT, NOVATO CA. (DVO) PA28-180, N9069J LANDING AT DVO RWY13, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED INTO THE EASTERN EMBANKMENT OF A DITCH RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY.

6/29/2015: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED:

1000': INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT WITH 2 PROP STRIKES ON CENTERLINE

1150: SECOND SET OF PROP STRIKES ON CENTERLINE (3)

1500 THRU 1800': NOSE WHEEL DISINTEGRATED, PIECES OF WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND MULTIPLE PROP STRIKES WITH NOSE WHEEL SCARING ENDING AT THE LEFT SIDE OF RWY.

2000': THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING EAST WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT LODGED IN EAST SIDE OF THE DITCH.

THE LEFT WING SHEARED FROM THE FUSELAGE AND WAS  FOUND RESTING UPSIDE DOWN ON TOP OF THE RIGHT WING. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS INTACT AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE LEFT WING. THE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR WERE BURIED IN THE WATER AND MUD OF THE DITCH, CONDITION UNKNOWN.

THE PIC AND 1 PASSENGER WERE INJURED REQUIRING STITCHES TO THEIR FACE. THE FRONT SEATS DID NOT HAVE SHOULDER HARNESSES INSTALLED. REAR SEAT PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE. FUEL WAS NOT A FACTOR.

WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM PIC AND EVIDENCE FOUND ON RUNWAY SUPPORTS THE 3 BOUNCE TOUCHDOWN AND RESULTANT HARD LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA15CA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA149), Jun 28, 2015: Piper PA 28-180 (N9069J), Novato, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper pitch control which resulted in a bounced landing, runway excursion, and collision with terrain.

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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