# Incident 20020703016079I: Cessna T210G, Torrance, CA, July 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2002, 16:22 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: N6872R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6872R-2010-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210G (registry code 2073432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 550 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020703016079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PLANNING TO LAND AT KSNA TO PICK UP A PASSENGER WHEN THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND NORMALLY. PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING AND CIRCLED FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR IN THE VICINITY OF THE TORRANCE AIRPORT WHILE HE ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR BOTH ELECTRICALLY AND MANUALLY. HE ALSO CONTACTED HIS MECHANIC WHO IS BASED AT SOUTHWEST FLITE CENTER AT TOA FOR ASSISTANCE. AFTER ALL OF HIS ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE GEAR WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, HE NOTIFIED THE KTOA ATCT THAT HE WOULD LAND GEAR-UP AND WAS CLEARED TO DO SO. THE LANDING RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY AND BENT PROP TIPS.

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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