# Incident 20020908026099I: Cessna 172M, Long Beach, CA, September 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2002, 12:08 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N12963, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12963-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020908026099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CE-172 N12963 DITCHED IN OCEAN OFF OF LONG BEACH BREAKWATER. PILOT, WHO WAS SOLE OCCUPANT, ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. OCCURRED ON 9/8/02 AT APPROX. 1208 PDT. CHECKED PILOT LOGBOOKS AND AIRCRAFT LOG BOOKS. THERE WAS NO PROP LOG. ENGINE LOG REFLECTS THAT THE ENGINE MOUNTS WERE CHANGED ONE YEAR AGO. ALL LOGS APPEARED TO BE IN ORDER AND PILOT CURRENCY AND CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY. SEE #43. (-23 AMENDMENT) THIS ACCIDENT HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO AN INCIDENT BY THE NTSB.

## Other reports on N12963 (2)

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

- [Accident 19900103001452A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900103001452A), Jan 3, 1990: Cessna 172M (N12963), Apple Valley, CA, Minor damage. Holding with idling engine. N7716M turned right off runway after landing and right again. Left wing hit idling prop
- [Incident 19780217007119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780217007119I), Feb 17, 1978: Cessna 172 (N12963), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. Pilot ran off departure end of the runway after aborting takeoff.

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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