# Incident 20030607015729I: Cessna TR182, Long Beach, CA, June 7, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2003, 22:19 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- 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: N79MR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79MR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030607015729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE TAXIED OUT AND DID HIS PRE-TAKEOFF CHECKS WITH THE FUEL SELECTOR SELECTED TO SINGLE TANK (HIGHEST FUEL LEVEL TANK). JUST AS HE WAS TAXIING ONTO THE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF, HE REPOSITIONED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE BOTH POSITION. IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE "OFF" POSITION. AFTER LIFT-OFF AT ABOUT 15 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT HAD ALREADY BEGUN GEAR RETRACTION AND WAS UNABLE TO RE-EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N79MR (1)

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

- [Incident 20000330001719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000330001719I), Mar 30, 2000: Cessna TR182 (N79MR), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Interviewed airman on March 30, 2000 at his hangar where the Cessna 182 is kept. Pilot stated he had head sets on and did not hear gear warning. Pilot is…

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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