# Accident 19930411017179A: Cessna STC182, Torrance, CA, April 11, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1993, 17:40 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8034° N, 118.3396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8034&lon=-118.3396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N460JA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N460JA-1997-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna Wren 182G 460 (registry code 2075802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-wren-182g-460) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC182
- Reported engine: CONT IO470N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 269 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930411017179A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE PREMATURE LIFTOFF WITH WREN STOL EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX93LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA170), Apr 12, 1993: Cessna 182G (N460JA), Torrance, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO ATTAIN SUFFICIENT LIFT OFF AIRSPEED. FACTORS IN THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S OVERCONFIDENCE IN HIS PILOTING SKILLS, AND THE INADVERTENT STALL OF THE AIRPLANE.

## Other reports on N460JA (1)

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

- [Accident 19730818024669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730818024669A), Aug 18, 1973: Cessna 182G (N460JA), TX, Substantial damage

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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