# Incident 20241202020239I: American Champion Aircraft 7GCAA, Novato, CA, December 2, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2024, 11:00 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: N799K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N799K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 7GCAA (registry code 2121002, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7GCAA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 753 total, 483 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241202020239I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED AT NOVATO AIRPORT, ROLLED OUT AND PILOT THEN CLAIMS THERE WAS A BRAKING ISSUE. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO WEEDS AND DIRT EMBANKMENT. PROPELLER STRUCK DIRT WITH SUDDEN STOPPAGE. PILOT CLAIMS ENGINE WAS AT IDLE.

PROPELLER BLADE(S) DAMAGED BUT APPARENTLY NO DAMAGE TO WINGS OR FUSELAGE.

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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