Probable cause
The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing and the subsequent go-around, which resulted in impact with a hangar.
NTSB analysis
The flight instructor reported that he was on the ramp, observing his student pilot practice landings while flying solo. During the student pilot’s first landing, he observed the left wing and main gear lift, and the student pilot overcorrected to the left and exited the runway into grass. The student pilot elected to execute a go-around, but impacted the rooftop of a hangar. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The instructor reported there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for WPR23LA274 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jul 10, 2023
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Long Beach, California
- Nearest airport
- Long Beach Airport (Daugherty (LGB)
- Highest injury
- Minor
- Minor injuries
- 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 172N
- N-number
- N3307E
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1979
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.