33.7670° N, 118.1892° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 23, 1980 · 15:00 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3589J
Reported as
Cessna 150E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.
Strong wind blew aircraft over on its back. Aircraft parked unattended in tie down area.
As the FAA filed it
STRONG WIND BLEW AIRCRAFT OVER ON ITS BACK. AIRCRAFT PARKED UNATTENDED IN TIE DOWN AREA.