# Incident 19990506021509I: Cndair CL6002B16, Long Beach, CA, May 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1999, 15:30 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N347BA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B16
- Reported engine: GE CF343A1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990506021509I

## Narrative

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

CLASSIFICATION AS INCIDENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FAA ORDER 8020.11, AS NO INTENT OF FLIGHT EXISTED.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SEE ATTACHED SHEET FOR NARRATIVE. DURING A HIGH SPEED TAXI FOR A MAINTENANCE TEST THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT RE-CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED A THRUST REVERSER DEPLOYMENT PROBLEM ON A PREVIOUS LANDING ROLL-OUT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REQUESTED A HIGH SPEED TAXI TO SIMULATE THE DISCREPANCY. DURING TAXI PROCEDURES THE THRUST REVERSER SYSTEM OPERATED CORRECTLY. DURING THE HIGH SPEED TAXI CHECK ON RUNWAY 30 THE THRUST REVERSERS WERE DEPLOYED WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE TO PITCH UP, FOLLOWED BY THE AIRCRAFT BECOMING AIRBORNE. THRUST REVERSERS WENT TO AUTO STOW WHEN THE LANDING GEAR LEFT THE GROUND. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SUDDENLY PITCH NOSE DOWN, UPON CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY THE NLG WAS SHEARED OFF. THE RIGHT MLG ALSO SHEARED OFF AS CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT WAS LOST. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A HALT. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND MINOR INJURIES WERE INCURRED TO THE PILOT AND ONE MAINTENANC                                                                      E TECHNICIAN. MARK AYEMIN, AVIATION SAFETY INSP., LGB FSDO

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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