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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech S35 · Novato, CA · August 4, 2022

Date
August 4, 2022 · 15:30 local
Place
Novato, CA
Airport
Gnoss Field Airport
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8687Q
Reported as
Beech S35
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
21,120 total2,196 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft landed at Gnoss field, rolled out and experienced drop of nose to the runway, then supposedly starboard wing settled slowly to runway. Propeller blades bent back with sudden stoppage. Damage to nose gear doors and possibly fuselage belly.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED AT GNOSS FIELD, ROLLED OUT AND EXPERIENCED DROP OF NOSE TO THE RUNWAY, THEN SUPPOSEDLY STARBOARD WING SETTLED SLOWLY TO RUNWAY. PROPELLER BLADES BENT BACK WITH SUDDEN STOPPAGE. DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR DOORS AND POSSIBLY FUSELAGE BELLY.