# Incident 20220804014119I: Beech S35, Novato, CA, August 4, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2022, 15:30 local time
- Place: Novato, CA
- Airport: Gnoss Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- 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: N8687Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8687Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 21,120 total, 2,196 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220804014119I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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