# Accident 19780920031919A: Piper PA23250, Long Beach, CA, September 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1978
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Location: 33.8179° N, 118.1519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG BEACH (DAUGHERTY FLD) (LGB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8179&lon=-118.1519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13823, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13823-2012-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 645 total, 84 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUA30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUA30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780920031919A

## Narrative

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

GEAR UP TOUCHDOWN,INITIATED GO-AROUND & LANDED SAFELY WITH GEAR D

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX78FUA30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUA30), Sep 20, 1978: Piper PA-23 (N13823), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N13823 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790118002469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790118002469I), Jan 18, 1979: Piper PA23250 (N13823), Compton, CA, Minor damage. Unable to stop on wet runway after landing

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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