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: this incident occurred during a flight instruction session. The flight instructor, Mr. Tabassian stated that he and his student had completed air work at 3500 MSL and had returned to the Long Beach airport for touch and gos prior to returning to vny. The Long Beach ATCT cleared the airplane into the traffic pattern and then for a touch and go. On short final the instructor verified that he saw "3 green" lights. All other indications such as sound were normal indicating that the gear was down and locked. On landing the nose of the aircraft "kept going down" until it impacted the ground. According to the flight instructor, no specific cause of the failure was found during post-incident inspection and repair. Case closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A FLIGHT INSTRUCTION SESSION. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, MR. TABASSIAN STATED THAT HE AND HIS STUDENT HAD COMPLETED AIR WORK AT 3500 MSL AND HAD RETURNED TO THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT FOR TOUCH AND GOS PRIOR TO RETURNING TO VNY. THE LONG BEACH ATCT CLEARED THE AIRPLANE INTO THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND THEN FOR A TOUCH AND GO. ON SHORT FINAL THE INSTRUCTOR VERIFIED THAT HE SAW "3 GREEN" LIGHTS. ALL OTHER INDICATIONS SUCH AS SOUND WERE NORMAL INDICATING THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. ON LANDING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT "KEPT GOING DOWN" UNTIL IT IMPACTED THE GROUND. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, NO SPECIFIC CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS FOUND DURING POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION AND REPAIR. CASE CLOSED.
Other reports on N56484 · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.