33.7670° N, 118.1892° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 4, 1978 · 12:20 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7929K
Reported as
Beech 95B55
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,050 total800 in this make and model0 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.
Lost directional control due to hydroplaning on wet runway, struck a light.
As the FAA filed it
LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY, STRUCK A LIGHT.