# Incident 20040430006239I: Piper PA28140, Long Beach, CA, April 30, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2004, 09:25 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N6740J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6740J-2020-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,900 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040430006239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 30, 2004, AT 0925 PDT, PIPER, PA-28-140, N6740J, LANDED WITH A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, JAMES FREDERICK SPOWART AND STUDENT PILOT, RALPH GARY NELSON. THE PILOTS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH A SIDE LOAD AND THE RIGHT GEAR AXLE FAILED. THE TIRE AND A PORTION OF THE AXLE DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RIGHT STRUT, LEFT WHEEL AND NOSE WHEEL. THERE WAS VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FLAP AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE PASSENGER STEP.

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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