# Incident 20120528009309I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, Long Beach, CA, May 28, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2012, 13:34 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- 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: N183DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N183DF-2018-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120528009309I

## Narrative

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

ON 05/28/2012 STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. THE INCIDENT WAS PRECEDED BY 3 UNEVENTFUL TRAFFIC PATTERNS WITH THE STUDENTS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ONBOARD FOLLOWED BY 1 UNEVENTFUL SOLO PATTERN. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL ON THE SECOND PATTERN ATTEMPT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF LGB RWY 25L WHERE IT STRUCK TAXIWAY SIGN F1.

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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