# Accident 20070209002159A: Cessna 152, Long Beach, CA, February 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2007, 14:00 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: 33.7670° 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: N271RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N271RJ-2015-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070209002159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 2/9/2007 DURING A LANDING AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 25L THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE PITCHING UP THEN BACK DOWN WITH AN EXCESSIVE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. UPON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE PAVEMENT AND CAUSING SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE FIREWALL REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE FIREWALL DUE TO EXCESSIVE BUCKLING. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N271RJ (1)

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

- [Accident 20080922850109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080922850109A), Sep 22, 2008: Cessna 152 (N271RJ), Carlsbad, CA, Destroyed. (-23) [privacy data omitted] landed the airplane at kcrq runway 26, and taxied back to thr run-up area. He performed a run-up, however the left and right…

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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