# Accident 20000531013379A: Piper PA28140, Long Beach, CA, May 31, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2000, 15:36 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8178° N, 118.1517° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8178&lon=-118.1517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6349W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6349W-2012-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000531013379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 31 THE CFI, WITH A STUDENT, WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO MANUEVERS ON 25L AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT. ON THE THIRD TIME AROUND CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 25L TO THE RIGHT LEAVING SIDE LOADING SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY.  UPON ENTERING THE DIRT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED A LITTLE FURTHER THEN NOSED OVER ON TO THE AIRCRAFTS BACK.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 LAX00LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA211), May 31, 2000: Piper PA-28-140 (N6349W), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff and his subsequent failure to relinquish control of the airplane.

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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