# Incident 19960914034139I: Cessna 140, Long Beach, CA, September 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1996, 14:47 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N77432 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 80 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960914034139I

## Narrative

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

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^

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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