# Incident 20181003016669I: Cessna 172N, Long Beach, CA, October 3, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2018, 12:57 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N5399J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5399J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 274 total, 139 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/20181003016669I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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