# Accident 20051103028049A: Cessna 182Q, Torrance, CA, November 3, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2005, 17:00 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8056° N, 118.3436° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8056&lon=-118.3436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N182HG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N182HG-2016-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 200 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051103028049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HAD BEEN ON LOCAL FLIGHT FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR, RETURNED TO TOA AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 LOCAL, LANDED, AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI TO HIS HANGAR. PILOT ADMITS TO TAXIING TOO FAST AND WHEN HE MADE A RIGHT TURN INTO HIS HANGAR ROW, THE LEFT WING HIT A HANGAR AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SPUN TO THE LEFT RESULTING IN THE PROP AND ENGINE ALSO HITTING THE HANGAR. PILOT TOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO HIS HANGAR AND PUT IT AWAY WITHOUT NOTIFYING ANYONE. THE AIRPORT AUTHORITIES DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM WHEN THEY TRACKED DOWN THE ELT WHICH HAD GONE OFF AT IMPACT. THEY CALLED THE PILOT BUT HIS WIFE STATED THAT HE WAS IN BED AND SHE COULD NOT WAKE HIM. AUTHORITIES GAINED ACCESS TO THE HANGAR BY BENDING BACK SOME OF THE METAL AND SHUT OFF THE ELT.

## 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 LAX06CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA025), Nov 4, 2005: Cessna 182Q (N182HG), Torrance, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's excessive taxi speed, and his failure to maintain an adequate clearance from objects.

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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