33.7670° N, 118.1892° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 29, 1979 · 16:02 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N36DF
Reported as
Gruman G73
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total400 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.
Flight returned due to power loss. Found fuel line leaking in wing.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT RETURNED DUE TO POWER LOSS. FOUND FUEL LINE LEAKING IN WING.