# Incident 19881119065679I: Piper PA28RT201, Torrance, CA, November 19, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1988, 16:00 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N3054N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3054N-1991-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 587 total, 9 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881119065679I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED LANDING GEAR TAXIING OFF RUNWAY. RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. PLANE STOPPED ON RUNWAY

## Other reports on N3054N (1)

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

- [Accident 19900819033841A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900819033841A), Aug 19, 1990: Piper PA28RT201 (N3054N), Long Beach, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Flying parallel turned,right wing collided with left wing N114RJ.both lost portions of wings,crashed out of control

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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