# Accident 19980116007319A: Cessna 190, Long Beach, CA, January 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1998, 15:25 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8101° N, 118.1806° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8101&lon=-118.1806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4498C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4498C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 190 (registry code 2072902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-190) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 190
- Reported engine: JACOBP R755B2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,759 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980116007319A

## Narrative

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

VEERED LEFT ON LANDING. RIGHT MAIN FOLDED. WING HIT RWY. POSSIBLE MAINTENANCE RELATOR AND HARD LANDING. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 30 AND SUDDENLY FELT A 'BUMP.'  THE PILOT FURTHER REPORTED THAT AT THAT TIME THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN AN UNCOMMANDED YAW TO THE LEFT AND HE NOTED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE.  AN IMMEDIATE INSPECTION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE YIELDED NO SIGN OF DEBRIS OR POTHOLES ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  AN ON-SITE EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THAT THE BOLT WHICH ATTACHED THE LANDING GEAR SPRING TO THE FUSELAGE HAD BEEN BENT, FRACTURED, AND DISTORTED AT AN APPROXIMATE 45-DEGREE ANGLE, AND THE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY HAD ALSO BEEN FRACTURED.  THE BOLT AND A PORTION OF THE SEPARATED SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FROM THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE SENT TO THE SAFETY BOARD MATERIALS LABORATORY FOR TESTING.  DETAILS OF THE EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT THE FRACTURE SURFACE ON THE BOLT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PROGRESSIVE CRACKING OR PREEXISTING DEFECTS.  ALL FRACTURE FEATURES AND DEFORMATION ON THE BOLT PIECES WERE CONSISTENT WITH AN OVERSTRESS UNDER BENDING/TENSI                                              ON LOADING CONDITIONS. EXAMINATION OF THE BRACKET FOR THE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE AID OF A BINOCULAR MICROSCOPE AND DISCLOED THE FRACTURE FEATURES TYPICAL OF A DIRECT SHEAR OVERSTRESS SEPARATION.             (-23)UPON LANDING RUNWAY 30, AIRCRAFT ROLLED, THEN BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT.  AIRCRAFT WENT UP ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, RIGHT WING TIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.  THE RIGHTMAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX98LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA074), Jan 16, 1998: Cessna 195 (N4498C), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing, which led to a ground loop and a resultant overload failure of the right main landing gear attach points.

## Other reports on N4498C (2)

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

- [Accident 20170504005079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170504005079A), May 4, 2017: Cessna 190 (N4498C), Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. On the morning of may 4 [privacy data omitted] was practicing stop and go landings in a newly purchased CE-195 with a more experienced CE-195 pilot. According…
- [Accident 19870228008759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870228008759A), Feb 28, 1987: Cessna 190 (N4498C), Chino, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot unable to maintain directional control on rollout. Ground looped. Found left brake was worn beyond tolerance.

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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