# Incident 19891107057709I: Piper PA28181, Long Beach, CA, November 7, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1989, 14:37 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N80853, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80853) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891107057709I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN BRAKE FAILED. LANDED SAFELY. CIRCULAR CLIP RETAINING THE MASTER CYLINDER PLUNGER HAD DISLODGED.

## Other reports on N80853 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880601029379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880601029379I), Jun 1, 1988: Piper PA28181 (N80853), Corona, CA, Minor damage. Unable to develop power on takeoff. Aborted. Overran the departure end of runway. No engine malfunction found.

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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