# Incident 19960424011399I: Cessna 172N, Torrance, CA, April 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1996, 16:25 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- 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: N737CL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737CL-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 150 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960424011399I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 4/24/96 AT 2325Z, CESSNA 152, N757CL, NOSE WHEEL WAS BROKEN OFF AT LANDING. PILOT REPORTED THAT AS SOON AS THE MAIN GEAR TIRES MADE CONTACT A WIND GUST LIFTED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT REACTED BY PUSHING THE NOSE DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR FIRST. THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. POST INCIDENT AIRCRAFT INSPECTION REVEALED NOSE GEAR FORKS SPREAD, TIRE FLAT, AXLE NUT STRIPPED OFF, BOTTOM OF FORKS GROUND DOWN TO 1/2 OF AXLE ATTACH POINTS. NO OTHER STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NOTED.

## Other reports on N737CL (3)

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

- [Accident 20140117003192A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140117003192A), Jan 17, 2014: Cessna 172N (N737CL), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. On January 17th, 2014 at 1639 local time an aircraft N6570P PA-24-250 lost engine power after rotating off of runway 31R at reid hillview (rhv). The aircraft…
- [Incident 19920119004299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920119004299I), Jan 19, 1992: Cessna 172N (N737CL), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Aircraft porpoised. Propeller struck runway.
- [Accident 19790510042959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790510042959A), May 10, 1979: Cessna 172 (N737CL), Murrieta, CA, Substantial damage. On practice soft-field takeoff, wind gust and non-correction allowed airplane to run off runway and nose over.

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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