# NTSB SEA07CA182: Cessna 172S, N137RJ, Long Beach, CA, June 25, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 25, 2007, 13:33 local (20:33 UTC)
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Coordinates: 33.817501, -118.15139
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8175&lon=-118.1514&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66069
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66069/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA182

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in an inadvertent stall and a hard landing.  The crosswind was a factor.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that he was landing the airplane on runway 25R.  After touchdown, the airplane ballooned and then stalled.  He attempted to add power and go-around but it was too late and the airplane landed hard and skidded to the right.  The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions and that the winds at the time of the accident were from 170 degrees at 7 knots.  The Federal Aviation Administration accident coordinator reported that the firewall was damaged.

## Factual narrative

The pilot stated that he was landing the airplane on runway 25R.  After touchdown, the airplane ballooned and then stalled.  He attempted to add power and go-around but it was too late and the airplane landed hard and skidded to the right.  The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions and that the winds at the time of the accident were from 170 degrees at 7 knots.  The Federal Aviation Administration accident coordinator reported that the firewall was damaged.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N137RJ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N137RJ), registered now, S/N 172S8296, built 1999 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172S
- Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172S8296
- Engines: Textron Lycoming IO-360 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Rainbow Air Academy Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: VNY, Van Nuys, CA
- Destination: LGB, Long Beach, CA
- Airport: LGB, Daugherty Field, runway 25R, 6,192 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; flight hours: 201 total, 49 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days, 82 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.92 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 20070625009419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070625009419A), Jun 25, 2007: Cessna 172S, Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot ballooned during his landing flare. Pilot added full power to go around, but aircraft stalled and the aircraft struck the runway nose first with…

## Other investigations on N137RJ (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 WPR25LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA102), Feb 23, 2025: Cessna 172S (N137RJ), La Verne, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right main landing gear tubular spring due to a fatigue crack that originated at the airframe connecting bolt hole and progressed to an overstress fracture.

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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