# Incident 20000220002949I: Cessna 421C, Torrance, CA, February 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2000, 17:30 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N8301G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000220002949I

## Narrative

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

AFTER MISSING THE VOR APPROACH AT THE TORRANCE AIRPORT (KTOA) DUE TO BELOW-MINIMUM CEILING, THE PILOT OF CE-421, N8301G EXECUTED AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 29R AT KTAO. AT THIS TIME, THE WEATHER AT KTOA WAS REPORTED TO BE 400 BROKEN, 1500 OVERCAST, 1 MILE VISIBILITY, RAIN, WIND 110 DEGRESS AT 15 KNOTS, GUSTS TO 20 KNOTS.  THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ISSUED AT LEAST THREE WIND READINGS TO THE PILOT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH.  THE PILOT LANDED DOWNWIND WITH APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET OF RUNWAY REMAINING.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WATER ON THE RUNWAY, BUT FELT THAT HE COULD STOP THE AIRPLANE WITHIN THE REMAINING DISTANCE.  BRACKING ACTION WAS NOT COMPLETELY EFFECTIVE AND THE AIRPLANE RAN OFF THE RUNWAY INTO A MUDDY FIELD, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL, FRONT OF THE AIRPLANEAND THE PROPELLERS.

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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