19820409008759A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 177 · Torrance, CA · April 9, 1982

Date
April 9, 1982 · 12:40 local
Place
Torrance, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N30162
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82FA130
Reported as
Cessna 177
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
152 total10 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Witness heard engine miss on slow takeoff climb, aircraft then stalled and spun from a steep turn back to airport.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESS HEARD ENGINE MISS ON SLOW TAKEOFF CLIMB, AIRCRAFT THEN STALLED AND SPUN FROM A STEEP TURN BACK TO AIRPORT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.