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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 · Long Beach, CA · September 10, 2013

Date
September 10, 2013 · 10:00 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N176DS
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
360 total100 in this make and model10 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.

Pilot was nervous because of a alternator problem that occurred inflight from ksba to lgb and also stated he was unfamiliar with runway 30 at Long Beach. He stated that he cut the corner as he taxied off the runway onto the taxiway and hit the lights.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS NERVOUS BECAUSE OF A ALTERNATOR PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED INFLIGHT FROM KSBA TO LGB AND ALSO STATED HE WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH RUNWAY 30 AT LONG BEACH. HE STATED THAT HE CUT THE CORNER AS HE TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE TAXIWAY AND HIT THE LIGHTS.