# Incident 20030714016709I: Piper PA46310P, Torrance, CA, July 14, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2003, 19:24 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: N444DT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N444DT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520BE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030714016709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 14, 2003, MR. JAMES ROBEL DEPARTED BRACKETT AIRPORT IN PIPER PA-46, N444DT, ENROUTE TO TORRANCE AIRPORT (TOA). HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE ON APPROACH TO TOA WHICH CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN TO SOUND. HE ABORTED THE LANDING AND NOTICED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD TRIPPED. HE RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER NUMEROUS TIMES AND TRIED TO LOWER THE GEAR WITHOUT SUCCESS. HE THEN PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE BY PULLING THE RELEASE HANDLE BUT THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. THE TOA TOWER VERIFIED THAT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED BUT THE NOSE GEAR WAS UP AND LOCKED. HE THEN PREPARED FOR A GEAR UP LANDING AT TOA. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SUPPORTED THE AIRCRAFT BUT THE PROPELLER AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE DAMAGED DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE STRIKING THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N444DT (2)

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

- [Accident 20211201020169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211201020169A), Dec 1, 2021: Piper PA-46-310P (N444DT), Cassville, MO, Substantial damage. The investigation revealed that N444DT, a PA-46 had veered off the left side of runway 09 after landing. There were visible tire marks on the runway from the…
- [Incident 20010104000879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010104000879I), Jan 4, 2001: Piper PA46310P (N444DT), Lake Hughes, CA. (-23) N444DT, a PA-47, was enroute from smf to myf via lhs, SL1 at 17,000 feet. At approx. 2328 UTC when N444DT was approx. 10 miles south of lhs, the pilot…

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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