# Incident 20210628008629I: Blue Planet Aviation LLC EPIC LT, Novato, CA, June 28, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2021, 13:00 local time
- Place: Novato, CA
- Airport: Gnoss Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- 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: N111DY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N111DY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Blue Planet EPIC LT (registry code 05622YK, https://openairdocs.org/model/blue-planet-epic-lt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A (registry code 52207, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLUE PLANET AVIATION LLC EPIC LT
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 440 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/20210628008629I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 28, 2021 AT 1400 HOURS LOCAL TIME, AIRCRAFT N111DY, AND EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT, SERIAL NUMBER 011, WAS DAMAGED AFTER LANDING AND RUNNING OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 13 AT THE GNOSS FIELD AIRPORT, CA (DVO). THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AS IT TRANSITIONED THROUGH THE GRASSY RUNOFF AREA, AND CAME TO A STOP IN A DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE INCLUDED PROPELLER TIP DAMAGE TO ALL BLADES, THE RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR UPPER SIDE STRUT WAS SHEARED FROM THE WING ATTACH POINT AND BROKEN WERE THE UPPER AND LOWER SIDE BRACE PIVOT, THE LEFT HAND LANDING GEAR UPPER SIDE STRUT HAS DAMAGE TO THE ATTACH WING ATTACH POINT, THE RIGHT HAND WING TIP HAS DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE, LANDING LIGHT, AND LIGHT LENS, THE RIGHT HAND WING HAS TWO DAMAGED STATIC WICKS AND THE PITOT TUBE HAS BEEN SHEARED FROM ITS MOUNT, AND AN ANTENNA WAS SHEARED FROM THE BELLY OF THE FUSELAGE. NO DAMAGE TO THE WING SPAR, ENGINE MOUNT, FLIGHT CONTROLS OR ANY OTHER STRUCTURAL MEMBER WAS DISCOVERED. THE PILOT REPORTED EXPERIENCING A TAIL WIND UPON LANDING AND IS EXPECTED PROVIDE A MORE DESCRIPTIVE NARRATIVE OF THE EVENTS IN THE FUTURE. AT 1527 HOURS THE WIND DIRECTION WAS DETERMINED AS BLOWING DIRECTLY DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH GUSTS FROM THE WEST BY FAA PERSONNEL OBSERVING THE AIRPORT INSTALLED WIND SOCK. LEFT AND RIGHT HAND TIRE SKID MARKS WERE FOUND ON THE RUNWAY WHICH STARTED APPROXIMATELY 60 YARDS FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT AND THEN CONTINUED THROUGH THE GRASS AND UP TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 20 YARDS FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. TWO PERSONS WERE ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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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