# Accident 19911026048039A: Cessna 414, Long Beach, CA, October 26, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1991, 09:01 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8099° N, 118.1808° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8099&lon=-118.1808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3843C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3843C-1992-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,510 total, 317 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX92FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911026048039A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER LEFT ENGINE. FEATHERED BUT FAILED UP GEAR. TURN INTO BAD ENGINE BELOW VMC. TURBO SCAVENGE PUMP FAILED.

## 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 LAX92FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92FA017), Oct 26, 1991: Cessna 414 (N3843C), Long Beach, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES BY NOT RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR WHEN HE SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. THE SCAVENGE PUMP FAILURE, SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE AND…

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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