# Incident 20010715016009I: Cessna 152, Long Beach, CA, July 15, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2001, 09:30 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N4734H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4734H-2016-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010715016009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 15, 2001, BEGINNING AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 PDT, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, YANN P. GAUTIER, AND HIS STUDENT, ANA B. POSTIGO MADE TWO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND ONE FULL STOP LANDING IN CESSNA, CE-152-152, N4734H, ON RUNWAY 25R AT DAUGHERTY FIELD, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.  AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE FULL STOP LANDING, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RELEASED HIS STUDENT PILOT FOR HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.  THE STUDENT PILOT INTENDED TO MAKE A TOUCH AND GO LANDING BUT STATED THAT SHE STARTED YAWING AND ROLLING TO THE LEFT UPON HER LANDING FLARE.  STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO YAW LEFT AND THAT SHE APPLIED POWER AND RIGHT RUDDER IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER, BUT REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE WHEN SHE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT SHE COULD NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND THAT HER TAXI SPEED WAS TOO FAST.  STUDENT PILOT HIT A RUNWAY MARKER AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 PDT.  FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE, THE STUDENT PILOT'S SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MPH WHEN SHE HIT THE MARKER.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS. ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS BENT FORWARD, THE OTHER HAD A SLIGHT VISIBLE BEND. THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE WAS FLA T AT THE TIME OF INVESTIGATION. THERE WAS A PIECE OF THE WHEEL MISSING FROM THE NOSE GEAR AND THE RIGHT MAIN. MR. EZRA YOUNG, OWNER AND MECHANIC OF THIS AIRCRAFT, STATED THAT UPON RUNOUT, THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT WAS BENT.  THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS NOW CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4734H (1)

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

- [Incident 19860909052209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860909052209I), Sep 9, 1986: Cessna 152 (N4734H), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. Hard landing caused minor damage to propeller and nose gear. Pilot claimed wind gust.

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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