# Incident 20180504004619I: Cessna 414A, Novato, CA, May 4, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2018, 18:58 local time
- Place: Novato, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0851° N, 122.5483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Novato, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0851&lon=-122.5483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414LC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N414LC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180504004619I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN (PILOT) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE OAKLAND FSDO FAAST TEAM OPERATIONS PROGRAM MANAGER REGARDING A GEAR UP LANDING AT GNOSS FIELD, CA.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING FROM PETALUMA, CA TO NOVATO, CA (A 4 MINUTE FLIGHT).  DURING THE FLIGHT, HE STATES THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN AT GNOSS FIELD AND BY THE NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE.  HE DOES NOT RECALL WHETHER OR NOT HE HEARD THE GEAR WARNING HORN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR IN UP POSITION.THE FASST TEAM PROGRAM MANAGER RECOMMENDED HE FLY WITH A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO REVIEW SCENARIOS THAT WOULD BE DISTRACTING AND CAUSE HIM TO FEEL RUSHED AND PERHAPS NOT COMPLETE THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST.  THE PILOT AGREED THIS EXTRA TRAINING WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA AND WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE FSDO WHEN IT IS COMPLETED.

## Other reports on N414LC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980307012069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980307012069I), Mar 7, 1998: Cessna 414A (N414LC), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: as a result of a hard landing on runway 19R, the aircraft nose landing gear was damaged. The nose gear tire was destroyed and the wheel rim was…

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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