# Accident 19790514028559A: Piper PA28140, Long Beach, CA, May 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1979, 21:20 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Daugherty
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2383T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2383T-2019-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,545 total, 827 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790514028559A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK TREES DURING FINAL INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO AIRPORT. FACTORS; PILOT SKILL, WEATHER, DARK NIGHT.

## 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 LAX79FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA053), May 14, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N2383T), Long Beach, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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