- Date
- April 17, 1983, 10:32 local (18:32 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2473CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830417019709A
- Case key
- 23688
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to an on-duty, air traffic controller, the plt was practicing takeoffs & landings. After completing several landings, the plt made an apch to rwy 16R. During the landing, the acft reportedly pitched downward, and after touchdown became airborne again, then the left wing tip impacted the rwy & the acft ground looped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2473C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30773
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Continental O-470-A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth R. Keesling
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 22, 1982 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- LGB · Long Beach, runway 16R, 5,022 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.