# Incident 20070121001759I: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, Torrance, CA, January 21, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2007, 21:00 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: N711RP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711RP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB20TRINIDAD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 686 total, 244 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070121001759I

## Narrative

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

(-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)

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

- [Incident 20210822013899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210822013899I), Aug 22, 2021: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (N711RP), Rochester, MN, Minor damage. 08-22-2021 N711RP Socata TB-20 trinidad, nose gear collapse during landing at Rochester International krst. While preparing to land in eau claire WI keau when…
- [Incident 20200417002709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200417002709I), Apr 17, 2020: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (N711RP), Punta Gorda, FL, Minor damage. First flight after an extended maintenance evolution the pilot was coming into land on runway 22 at Punta Gorda, Florida and neglected to lower the landing…

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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