# NTSB LAX96LA024: Cessna 206, N2167F, Long Beach, CA, October 27, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 27, 1995, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC) - Place: Long Beach, CA - Coordinates: 33.789028, -118.120513 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7890&lon=-118.1205&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 21, 1996 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 29320 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX96LA024 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/29320/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA024 ## Probable cause the failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft while maneuvering by visual reference to the surface in IFR conditions. An additional factor was the pilot's failure to continue with the missed approach. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, circling (ifr) - missed approach - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor) - stall - inadvertent - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled ## Analysis THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN ADJACENT TO THE DESTINATION RUNWAY WHILE EXECUTING A CIRCLING APPROACH IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE PILOT COMPLETED AN INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM APPROACH TO MINIMUMS AND EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH. DURING THE MISSED APPROACH THE PILOT IDENTIFIED ANOTHER RUNWAY AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON THAT RUNWAY. WHILE MANEUVERING IN VISUAL CONDITIONS, THE PILOT STALLED THE AIRCRAFT AT A LOW ALTITUDE AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN. ## Factual narrative On October 27, 1995, at 0730 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 206, N2167F, impacted the terrain adjacent to runway 7R while executing a circling approach in instrument meteorological conditions at Long Beach Airport, Long Beach, California. An instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the private pilot was uninjured. The business flight departed from Carlsbad, California, at 0630. The pilot told an NTSB investigator that, as he was en route, a fogbank was approaching the destination airport from the harbor area to the south. By the time he was established on the ILS Runway 30 approach about 5 miles southeast of the airport, the fogbank had reached the airport and obscured the runway 30 touchdown zone which is at the southern extremity of the airport. The pilot completed the ILS approach to minimums, and unable to acquire visual reference with the surface, initiated a missed approach. During the missed approach the pilot advised the tower that he had runway 7R in sight and the tower controller cleared the flight to land on that runway. While maneuvering in visual conditions, the pilot lost control of the aircraft, stalled at low altitude, and impacted terrain in a grass area approximately 1000 feet beyond the runway 7R threshold and 100 feet north of the runway centerline. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2167F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2167F-2026-07-11), registration cancelled 2026-07-11, S/N U206-0367, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 206 - Registry model: [Cessna U206](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206) (registry code 2073306) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: U206-0367 - Airframe hours: 4216 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Business, Part 91 - Registered owner: David J. Doke - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 1994, 223 hours before - Departed: CRQ, CARLSBAD, CA - Destination: LGB - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: LGB, Daugherty Field, runway 7R, 5,420 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,418 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day - Wind: 50° at 4 knots - Visibility: 0.06 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 100 ft - Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 50 °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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19951027034849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951027034849A), Oct 27, 1995: Cessna U206, Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. On missed approach saw another runway. Circled, stalled and crashed. From the NTSB's public API. 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