# Incident 19850418025299I: Cessna 172P, Torrance, CA, April 18, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1985, 16:08 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N97464, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97464-2010-09-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850418025299I

## Narrative

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

PORPOISED DURING LANDING, FINALLY FAILING THE NOSE GEAR. TERMINATION OF STUDENT SOLO CROSSCOUNTRY FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N97464 (2)

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

- [Accident 20070508829169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070508829169A), May 8, 2007: Cessna 172P (N97464), Kenosha, WI, Substantial damage. (-23) On 05/08/07 at approximately 1200 CDT, the pilot [privacy data omitted] was on a VFR flight inbound to Kenosha, WI, airport , where he made a hard…
- [Incident 19901219064249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901219064249I), Dec 19, 1990: Cessna 172P (N97464), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. While doing crosswind landings a gust blew aircraft off runway. Hit a fence.

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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