# Accident 20100312029739A: Cessna 182P, Long Beach, CA, March 12, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2010, 16:51 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8178° N, 118.1517° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8178&lon=-118.1517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52630 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100312029739A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 12, 2010, AT 1651 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 182P, N52630, REGISTERED TO N52630 LLC NOSED OVER DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 25R AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT, LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA WHILE ON A STUDENT PILOT SOLO FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING, BOUNCED OFF THE RUNWAY TWICE, AND NOSED OVER ON THE THIRD CYCLE AND STRUCK THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES NOSE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP IN APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET, REMAINING IN THE TAIL UP POSITION. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND BOTH PROP BLADES BENT BACKWARD, NOSE LANDING GEAR BROKEN OFF FROM THE FIREWALL ATTACH POINT, NOSE TIRE BROKEN OFF THE LANDING GEAR, AND THE FIREWALL BENT BACKWARD IN THE CENTER OF THE BOTTOM EDGE.  THE LOWER ENGINE COWL HAD DEEP SCRAPES, AND THE BOTTOM FUSELAGE AFT OF THE COWL WAS PUNCTURED, BENT AND DEEPLY SCRAPED.

## 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 WPR10CA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA159), Mar 13, 2010: Cessna 182P (N52630), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, resulting in a hard landing.

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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