# Accident 20040806016369A: Cessna TR182, Torrance, CA, August 6, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2004, 14:20 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8033° N, 118.3397° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8033&lon=-118.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4657S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4657S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA287) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040806016369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) M4657S, TR182, PILOT REPORTED AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION. LANDED GEAR UP RUNWAY 29R AT TORRANCE, CA, MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE 2 OCCUPANTS, NO REPORTED INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX04LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA287), Aug 6, 2004: Cessna TR182 (N4657S), Torrance, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A wheels up landing due to the failure of the hydraulic hose leading to the nose gear actuator, which depleted the hydraulic system of pressurized fluid.

## Other reports on N4657S (1)

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

- [Accident 20161031023169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161031023169A), Oct 31, 2016: Cessna TR182 (N4657S), Dexter, NY, Substantial damage. Upon touchdown on runway 28 at Watertown International Airport, the right landing gear collapsed. Aircraft skidded off left side of runway into the grass where…

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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