# Accident 20090105000229A: Cessna 152, Long Beach, CA, January 5, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2009, 13:32 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- 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: N45969, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45969-2014-10-09) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 57 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090105000229A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DEPARTING LONG BEACH AIRPORT RUNWAY 25L AT TAXIWAY “DELTA” IN CESSNA N45969.  DURING TAKEOFF WHILE STILL ON THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED RUNWAY 25L AT TAXIWAY “FOXTROT 1”.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED HEADING SOUTH BOUND AND THE RIGHT WING COLLIDED WITH N8620F HELICOPTER TAIL BOOM AND CONTINUED SOUTH BOUND WHERE IT IMPACTED AGAINST FOUR PROTECTIVE STEEL PILINGS ADJACENT TO AN AIRCRAFT HANGER.  THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AND THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE WITH MINOR INJURIES TO HIS LEGS.  THE FIRE CREWS EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.  THE FUSELAGE FROM THE REAR WINDOW FORWARD WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 WPR09CA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA073), Jan 5, 2009: Cessna 152 (N45969), Long Beach, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The student pilot's failuire to maintain directional control during takeoff.

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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