# Accident 19790502008709A: Cessna 152, Long Beach, CA, May 2, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1979, 10:02 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N67770, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67770-2009-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 4 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FUA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790502008709A

## Narrative

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

VEERED OFF RUNWAY IN CROSSWIND TAKEOFF ROLL. STUDENT PILOT.

## 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 LAX79FUA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUA12), May 2, 1979: Cessna 152 (N67770), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N67770 (1)

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

- [Accident 20050524009059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050524009059A), May 24, 2005: Cessna 152 (N67770), Conroe, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 24, 2005, at 1315 am CDT, a Cessna 152, N67770 departed dwh on a cross-country flight to crs with an enroute touch & go to psn and return to dwh.…

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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