# Incident 19960530017739I: Cessna 140, Long Beach, CA, May 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1996, 14:30 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: N76258, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76258) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 821 total, 100 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960530017739I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: NORMAL FLIGHT FROM LAUGHLIN TO LONG BEACH. UPON APPROACH TO 25R ALL NORMAL. SLOWED TO LAND @ 60 INDICATED, FLARE OF MIN SPEED, TOUCH DOWN 3 WHEELS, YOKE COMPLETELY BACK, STABLE ON GROUND, THEN GUST OF WIND, AIRCRAFT LIFTED AND WEATHER-VANED TO LEFT WHILE MAINTAINING FORWARD DIRECTION WITH AILERON OR RUDDER. IMMEDIATELY CAME IN CONTACT WITH RUNWAY WITH RIGHT MAIN LIGHTLY IN A LEFT WING UP POSITION CONTINUED TO DRIFT LEFT THEN FELT AIRCRAFT GO HARD RIGHT AFTER SECOND IMPACT AIRCRAFT WENT NOSE OVER AND SETTLED TO GROUND ON LEFT GEAR AND RIGHT STRUT. RIGHT WHEEL ASSY. AND PART OF THE GEAR STRUT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO FAILURE OF THE STRUT BREAKING OFF APPROX. 18 INCHES FROM THE WHEEL ASSY. THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N76258 (1)

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

- [Accident 19800624023179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800624023179A), Jun 24, 1980: Cessna 140 (N76258), Aguanga, CA, Substantial damage. Hit brakes too hard during landing on short dirt strip. Nosed over.

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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