# Incident 19821104065969I: Cessna 182, Torrance, CA, November 4, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1982, 08:05 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8305° N, 118.3566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Torrance, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8305&lon=-118.3566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6233A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6233A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821104065969I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THROTTLE LEVER STUCK IN MIDWAY POSITION ON TEST FLIGHT WHEN POWER WAS REDUCED. SHUT DOWN ENGINE FOR LANDING.

## Other reports on N6233A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20170512006879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170512006879I), May 12, 2017: Cessna 182 (N6233A), Fullerton, CA, Minor damage. Shortly after rollout nose wheel shimmy dampener assembly failed causing uncontrollable shaking of nose wheel and lose of steering control causing nose wheel…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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