# Incident 20090709014219I: Cessna 177, Long Beach, CA, July 9, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2009, 12:20 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: 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: N177TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N177TX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090709014219I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE PILOT STATED THAT ON FINAL APPROACH HE NOTICED THAT HIS AIRSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 KNOTS SLOWER THAN HIS USUAL APPROACH SPEED WITH A SLIGHT WEATHERVANE TENDENCY WHICH HE CORRECTED FOR, HOWEVER UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE ROLLOUT WAS NORMAL UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT, THE LEFT WING ROSE UP AND THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE GR0UND DAMAGING THE WING TIP.  UPON TAXI BACK, HE NOTICED THAT THE WINDSOCK WAS FULLY EXTENDED POINTING DIRECTLY ACROSS THE RUNWAY, INDICATING A STRONG CROSSWIND.

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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