# Incident 20001112031919I: Cessna 172N, Long Beach, CA, November 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2000, 08:57 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- 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: N738VC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738VC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 48 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001112031919I

## Narrative

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

(-23)STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE TAXING AIRCRAFT N738VC, A C-172N, ENTERED THE RUN UP AREA OF RUNWAY 25R AT LGB.  HIS LEFT HAD WING TIP STRUCK THE WING TIP OF AIRCRAFT N3558C, A C-170, WHO WAS IN THE RUN UP AREA AT 0857 PST.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT WING TIPS.  THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N738VC (1)

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

- [Accident 19790721042989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790721042989A), Jul 21, 1979: Cessna 172N (N738VC), Santa Ana, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot did not follow ATC instructions and taxied behind DC9. Aircraft was blown up on wingtip and nose.

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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