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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Long Beach, CA · September 7, 2009

Date
September 7, 2009 · 20:00 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N51594
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR09CA447
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,558 total300 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) After boarding three passengers at night, in a remote unlit southwest area of the airport, the a/c was cleared for taxi to runway 30. The aircraft then taxied on a surface road when the left wing struck a detail van and then veered into a storage container causing substantial damage to the a/c. the accident occurred in an airport non movement area. There were no reported injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER BOARDING THREE PASSENGERS AT NIGHT, IN A REMOTE UNLIT SOUTHWEST AREA OF THE AIRPORT, THE A/C WAS CLEARED FOR TAXI TO RUNWAY 30. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TAXIED ON A SURFACE ROAD WHEN THE LEFT WING STRUCK A DETAIL VAN AND THEN VEERED INTO A STORAGE CONTAINER CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE A/C. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN AN AIRPORT NON MOVEMENT AREA. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.