# Incident 19990226030849I: Piper PA18150, Long Beach, CA, February 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1999, 09:45 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N2573J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2573J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990226030849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE GOT A BIT SIDEWAYS DURING A WHEEL LANDING, RETURNED FOR A 3-POINT LANDING FOLLOWED BY A GO-AROUND, AND RETURNED FOR ANOTHER WHEEL LANDING. HE SAID THAT THE LANDING APPEARED TO BE UNDER CONTROL UNTIL TOUCHDOWN, AT WHICH TIME THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO WEATHERVANE TO THE LEFT.  THE WIND REPORTED BY THE TOWER AT THE TIME WAS 200 DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS.  AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT SHORTLY AFTER THIS INCIDENT INDICATED THAT HE HAD ACCOMPLISHED A FLIGHT REVIEW ON 3/28/98, HAD A COMPLEX AIRPLANE ENDORSEMENT, AND HAD RECEIVED A TAILWHEEL ENDORSEMENT FROM JAMES BLAKE, CFI 340400107 ON 2/19/99.

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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