# Accident 20090518008882A: Cessna 172N, Long Beach Que, CA, May 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2009, 18:01 local time
- Place: Long Beach Que, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6589° N, 118.1967° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6589&lon=-118.1967&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738NN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738NN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,387 total, 0 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA248) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090518008882A

## Narrative

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

(-23)AN AIRCRAFT NOTIFIED LONG BEACH ATCT THAT IT OBSERVED TWO CESSNA AIRCRAFT COLLIDING OVER THE OCEAN APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTH OF LONG BEACH QUEEN MARY, LONG BEACH, CA, AT 1801 PDT ON 05/18/2009.  ATC RADAR DATA WAS USED TO TRACK TWO TARGETS ORIGINATING FROM LONG BEACH AIRPORT: N777AL, CE-310P, S/N 310P0141 AND N738NN, CE-172N, S/N 17270109.  THE CESSNA 310P CARRIED ONE PILOT AND THE OTHER AIRCRAFT CESSNA 172N CARRIED CFI AND A STUDENT PILOT.  ALL THREE ON BOARD TWO AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  BOTH AIRCRAFT 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 WPR09FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA248), May 19, 2009: Cessna 172N (N738NN), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other's aircraft.

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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