20070121001759I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD · Torrance, CA · January 21, 2007

Date
January 21, 2007 · 21:00 local
Place
Torrance, CA
Airport
Torrance Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N711RP
Reported as
Socata TB20TRINIDAD
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
686 total244 in this make and model74 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On January 21, 2007 at 2100 PST, Socata TB20 a/c, N711RP, s/n: 1081 landed at toa rwy 29R with the landing gear up. This flight was from bermuda dunes, CA to toa via cno. The pilot stated he noted an intermittent alternator light prior to landing at cno and the alternator light was not illuminated when he departed cno. The pilot stated that he lost electrical power approximately 5 miles from toa. The pilot squawked lost communication and continued to land at toa on rwy 29R. The pilot stated he placed the gear handle into the down position prior to landing at toa and thought that the gear did extend. The pilot landed on runway 29R with all landing gear retracted. Inspection of the a/c revealed that both prop tips were bent backwards, skin damage on the bottom of the a/c from the nose gear to just aft of the trailing edge of the wings and grinding damage to the outboard side of both main tires and rims. Inspection of the rwy 29R revealed skid marks began adjacent to the 2 board on the centerline of the runway and continued for approx. 1000 ft and prop strikes were adjacent to the c board in line with the skid approx. 500 ft after the beginning of the skid marks.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JANUARY 21, 2007 AT 2100 PST, SOCATA TB20 A/C, N711RP, S/N: 1081 LANDED AT TOA RWY 29R WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP. THIS FLIGHT WAS FROM BERMUDA DUNES, CA TO TOA VIA CNO. THE PILOT STATED HE NOTED AN INTERMITTENT ALTERNATOR LIGHT PRIOR TO LANDING AT CNO AND THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED WHEN HE DEPARTED CNO. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST ELECTRICAL POWER APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES FROM TOA. THE PILOT SQUAWKED LOST COMMUNICATION AND CONTINUED TO LAND AT TOA ON RWY 29R. THE PILOT STATED HE PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE INTO THE DOWN POSITION PRIOR TO LANDING AT TOA AND THOUGHT THAT THE GEAR DID EXTEND. THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 29R WITH ALL LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. INSPECTION OF THE A/C REVEALED THAT BOTH PROP TIPS WERE BENT BACKWARDS, SKIN DAMAGE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE A/C FROM THE NOSE GEAR TO JUST AFT OF THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE WINGS AND GRINDING DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF BOTH MAIN TIRES AND RIMS. INSPECTION OF THE RWY 29R REVEALED SKID MARKS BEGAN ADJACENT TO THE 2 BOARD ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED FOR APPROX. 1000 FT AND PROP STRIKES WERE ADJACENT TO THE C BOARD IN LINE WITH THE SKID APPROX. 500 FT AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THE SKID MARKS.

Other reports on N711RP · 2

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