# Accident 20090722014209A: Piper PA44180, Long Beach, CA, July 22, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2009, 11:30 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- 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: N127AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N127AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 158 total, 120 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090722014209A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT AND PASSENGER HAD FILED A FLIGHT PLAN TO DEPART KLGB AIRPORT, DURING TAXI, PILOT IN COMMAND MADE LEFT TURN AND STRUCK AN ORANGE MARKING CONE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT PROPELLER.  DURING THE INTERVIEW WITH PILOT AND PASSENGER, THE PASSENGER INDICATED HE HAD MOVED THE MARKING CONE AWAY FROMT THE PROPELLER AREA AND THE PILOT INDICATED HE COULD OT SEE THE CONE AS IT WAS OBSTRUCTED BY THE ENGINE NACELLE DURING TAXI.

## 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

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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