# Accident 19800512012639A: Piper PA24250, Long Beach, CA, May 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1980, 15:34 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- 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: N7508P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7508P-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,740 total, 1,050 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUA11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800512012639A

## Narrative

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

AILERON CONTROL PROBLEM ON TAKEOFF. CRASH-LANDED ON OTHER RUNWAY. FOUND AILERON CABLES HOOKED UP BACKWARD.

## 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 LAX80FUA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUA11), May 12, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N7508P), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7508P (1)

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

- [Incident 19790525027889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790525027889I), May 25, 1979: Piper PA24250 (N7508P), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed on rollout, cause undetermined.

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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