# Incident 20060918019739I: Piper PA24250, Long Beach, CA, September 18, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2006, 21:55 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: N7103P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7103P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060918019739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AWP REGIONAL OFFICE DAILY REPORT INDICATES AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT OCCURRED AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT AT 2155 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2006. PIPER COMANCHE AIRCRAFT N7103P WAS REPORTED TO HAVE HAD A LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE ON TAKE OFF. INVESTIGATION AND INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD LIFTED OFF RUNWAY 30 TO APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET AGL WHEN IT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. AN ATTEMPT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN WAS MADE BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WITH THE MAIN GEAR PARTIALLY DEPLOYED, THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED IN THE WHEEL WELL. THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR A REPORTED 545 FEET AND CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY 30 AT GULF. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT ON BOARD, AND HE WAS NOT INJURED. THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WAS FOUND TO BE CAUSED BY FUEL STARVATION DUE TO THE RIGHT FUEL SELECTOR BEING PLACED IN THE RIGHT TIP TANK POSITION, WHICH WAS FOUND EMPTY. THE LEFT FUEL SELECTOR WAS SELECTED TO THE OFF POSITION. BOTH MAIN FUEL TANKS WERE FOUND FULL. DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW, THE PILOT ADMITTED HE DID NOT SELECT THE PROPER FUEL TANK DURING PREFLIGHT.

## Other reports on N7103P (2)

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

- [Incident 19931128049109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931128049109I), Nov 28, 1993: Piper PA24250 (N7103P), Marysville, CA, Minor damage. Unable to lock gear donw. Landed gear up. Gear under investigation.
- [Incident 19911121057629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911121057629I), Nov 21, 1991: Piper PA24250 (N7103P), Santa Monica, CA, Minor damage. Pilot taxied into a parked aircraft during start-up. Found the hand brake cable had broken.

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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