# Accident 20090907016929A: Cessna 172P, Long Beach, CA, September 7, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2009, 20:00 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- 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: N51594, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51594) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,558 total, 300 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA447](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA447) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090907016929A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 WPR09CA447](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA447), Sep 8, 2009: Cessna 172P (N51594), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a parked vehicle during taxi.

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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