# Accident 20040412006489A: Cessna 172S, Long Beach, CA, April 12, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2004, 17:45 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8175° N, 118.1514° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8175&lon=-118.1514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N669SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N669SP-2006-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040412006489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. POLIO WAS A STUDENT PILOT ON HIS SECOND UNSUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. AFTER RETURNING FROM THE PRACTICE AREA, MR. POLIO WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE HIS THIRD PRACTICE LANDING. HE SAYS THAT THE TOUCHDOWN WAS NOT EXCESSIVELY HARD, BUT HE THOUGHT THE YOKE WAS BINDING AND THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED UNTIL THE NOSE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. A SAFETY INSPECTOR FROM THIS OFFICE DETERMINED THAT THE YOKE WAS BINDING BECAUSE OF A DEFORMED FIREWALL RESULTING FROM THE ACCIDENT; THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 LAX04CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA186), Apr 13, 2004: Cessna 172S (N669SP), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's inadequate flare, which resulted in a hard landing and porpoise.

## Other reports on N669SP (1)

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

- [Accident 20010402014479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010402014479A), Apr 2, 2001: Cessna 172S (N669SP), Long Beach, CA, No damage. (-23) Student lost control of aircraft on landing, went off runway and collided with runway signage.

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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