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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Long Beach, CA · September 14, 1996

Date: September 14, 1996 · 14:47 local
Place: Long Beach, CA
Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N77432
Reported as: Cessna 140
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 230 total80 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: the pilot lost control of the aircraft during landing. After touch down the aircraft swerved uncontrollably to the left. The aircraft came to rest on its nose causing minor propeller and cowling damage. The pilot said that he could not control the aircraft with use of the flight controls during the ground loop. privacy data omitted It was determined that the pilot did not use proper tail wheel crosswind landing procedures which caused the aircraft to ground loop. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING. AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED UNCONTROLLABLY TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE CAUSING MINOR PROPELLER AND COWLING DAMAGE. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE COULD NOT CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT WITH USE OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS DURING THE GROUND LOOP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PILOT DID NOT USE PROPER TAIL WHEEL CROSSWIND LANDING PROCEDURES WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^