# Incident 20010602013129I: Cessna 172R, Torrance, CA, June 2, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2001, 11:02 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- 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: N2630U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2630U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 88 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010602013129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. ON HIS FOURTH LANDING OF THE DAY, HE RAISED THE FLAPS AND ADDED FULL POWER FOR TAKE-OFF WHEN THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT.  HE ATTEMPTED TO ADD RIGHT RUDDER BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO VEER LEFT.  WHEN HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS GOING TO DEPART THE RUNWAY HE CUT THE POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP WELL CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY HE SHUT DOWN AND WAITED FOR ASSISTANCE.  THE PILOT SAYS THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MECHANICALLY WRONG WITH THE AIRPLANE, AND SPECULATED THAT HE MAY NOT HAVE HAD HIS FOOT ON THE RUDDER PEDAL.  THIS PILOT HAD RECENTLY RECIEVED HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE AFTER TRAINING IN A KATANA, AND HAD TRANSITIONED TO THE CESSNA 172 A FEW MONTHS EARLIER.

## Other reports on N2630U (1)

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

- [Accident 20020325004899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020325004899A), Mar 25, 2002: Cessna 172R (N2630U), Camarillo, CA, No damage. (.19) On March 25, 2002, at 1040 pacific standard time, a Cessna 172R, N2630U, nosed over after veering off the runway during landing at the Camarillo,…

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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