20181003016669I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Long Beach, CA · October 3, 2018

Date
October 3, 2018 · 12:57 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5399J
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
274 total139 in this make and model8 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.

While landing on runway 26 right, at Long Beach airport the pilot reported a normal landing with the main wheels touching down first. The plane started to turn to the left and the left wing began to drop. The pilot corrected in an attempt to remain on the centerline however the left wing dropped and the nose of aircraft dipped resulting in the propeller striking the runway surface, causing 6 to 8 inches of each blade tip to be bent backwards. Once control of the aircraft was regained the pilot taxied off the runway, into the dirt and notified the tower. Since the airplane seemed to be able to move under its own power the pilot taxied the aircraft back to its tie down.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 RIGHT, AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT THE PILOT REPORTED A NORMAL LANDING WITH THE MAIN WHEELS TOUCHING DOWN FIRST. THE PLANE STARTED TO TURN TO THE LEFT AND THE LEFT WING BEGAN TO DROP. THE PILOT CORRECTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMAIN ON THE CENTERLINE HOWEVER THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND THE NOSE OF AIRCRAFT DIPPED RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY SURFACE, CAUSING 6 TO 8 INCHES OF EACH BLADE TIP TO BE BENT BACKWARDS. ONCE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGAINED THE PILOT TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY, INTO THE DIRT AND NOTIFIED THE TOWER. SINCE THE AIRPLANE SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE UNDER ITS OWN POWER THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO ITS TIE DOWN.