# Incident 19860303009369I: Cessna 402B, Long Beach, CA, March 3, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1986, 10:35 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N3798C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3798C-1989-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860303009369I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN COULD NOT BE EXTENDED FOR LANDING. LANDED GEAR UP. INTERNAL STRUT STOP AND BEARING FAILED. GEAR JAMMED.

## Other reports on N3798C (1)

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

- [Accident 19871023060659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871023060659A), Oct 23, 1987: Cessna 402B (N3798C), Avalon, CA, Substantial damage. Blew a tire on landing. Unable to stop on wet oiled runway. To prevent sliding sideways steered off end into berm.

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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