# Incident 19880505020389I: Cessna 182K, Long Beach, CA, May 5, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1988, 08:18 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: N3182Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3182Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 168 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880505020389I

## Narrative

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

HEARD A LOUD NOISE ON FINAL APPROACH. LOST POWER. UNABLE TO REACH AIRPORT. LANDED ON A BEACH. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N3182Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19800723062349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800723062349I), Jul 23, 1980: Cessna 182K (N3182Q), Eagle, CO, Minor damage. Nose wheel tire blew on landing.

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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