# Incident 20230801017022I: Cessna 152, Long Beach, CA, August 1, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2023, 16:40 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach (Daugherty Fld)
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8179° N, 118.1519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8179&lon=-118.1519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46393, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46393) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,036 total, 197 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA298) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230801017022I

## Narrative

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

CFI AND STUDENT STARTED THE PLANE. CFI STATED THEIR FEET WERE ON THE BRAKES. CFI TOLD STUDENT TO RELEASE THE PARKING BRAKE. AS HE RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE, THE STUDENT ASKED CFI TO HELP HIM WITH THE HEADSET PLUGS. CFI AND STUDENT PILOT BOTH LOOKED DOWN TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.  WITH THEIR ATTENTION DIVERTED THEY INADVERTENATLY RELEASED PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES. SUBSEQUENTALLY, THE AIRCRAFT (C152) BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD IMPACTING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT'S (C172) RIGHT WING WITH THEIR PROPELLER.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N65537, Cessna 172S: no report for this aircraft; [N65537](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65537) is registered now

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR23LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA298), Aug 1, 2023: Cessna 152 (N46393), Long Beach, CA, minor damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inattention during ground operations, which resulted in unintentional movement of the airplane and ground collision with another airplane.

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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