# Incident 20151120021479I: Mooney M-20G, Long Beach, CA, November 20, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2015, 14:35 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- 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: N3951N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3951N-2021-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M-20G (registry code 5870216, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-20g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M-20G
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 2,700 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151120021479I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD JUST EXITED RUNWAY 30 AT TAXIWAY C AND WAS SWITCHING TO GROUND CONTROL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS HAVING TROUBLE TUNING THE RADIO "DUE TO HIGH SUNLIGHT IN THE COCKPIT." DUE TO THIS DISTRACTION, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO ROLL FORWARD AND IT HIT A TAXIWAY LIGHT WITH THE PROPELLER.

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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