# Incident 19961231043489I: Piper PA28181, Long Beach, CA, December 31, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1996, 16:25 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: N3004U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3004U-2017-05-23) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 53 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961231043489I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 1625 ON 12-31-96, WHILE LANDING AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT N3004U SWERVED OFF THE PAVEMENT AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT WING, PROPELLER, SPINNER, AND COWL AREA. THE INSTRUCTOR OF THE PILOT STATES THAT THE PILOT IS A STUDENT, AND HAD NOT LANDED ON A DAMP FIELD BEFORE. THE PILOT'S WRITTEN STATEMENT STATES THAT THE BRAKES COULD NOT BE APPLIED IN A COORDINATED MANNER. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE AND THE STUDENT HAD GONE OUT TO TRY TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT COULD NOT. THE DAMAGED AREA OF THE WING IS SMALL, THE PROPELLER HAS BEEN REPLACED, ALL OTHER DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPAIRED.

## Other reports on N3004U (4)

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

- [Accident 20050520010599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050520010599A), May 20, 2005: Piper PA28181 (N3004U), Avalon, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot reported engine problem to avx tower, requested straight in to rwy 22. Tower manager saw aircraft turning and weaving back and forth on approach,…
- [Accident 19990816012309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990816012309A), Aug 16, 1999: Piper PA28181 (N3004U), Sacramento, CA, Substantial damage. Acft reported fuel emergency prior to forced landing in a tomato field 1 mile n of Sacramento int'l airpor. 1 serious, 2 minor injuries. (-23)aircraft departed…
- [Incident 19890827045479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890827045479I), Aug 27, 1989: Piper PA28181 (N3004U), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. Right gear collapsed on rollout. Bolt attaching right gear to wing missing and holes were elongated.
- [Incident 19860901062109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860901062109I), Sep 1, 1986: Piper PA28181 (N3004U), Blythe, CA, Minor damage. Fuel exhausted and pilot did not think to change tanks after engine quit.

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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