# NTSB LAX67F0334: Cessna 182, N3798U, Long Beach, CA, February 16, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 16, 1967
- Place: Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- 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
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 22, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118256
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67F0334
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67F0334

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3025  67/2/16    LONG BEACH,CALIF    CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 420
        TIME - 0650                    N3798U              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 320 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- PLT HAND PROPPED ACFT. STRUCK N7266E AND N89447. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3798U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3798U), registered now, S/N 18255198, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (registry code 2072716) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Long Beach

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.

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