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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Antare MA-32 · Torrance, CA · February 4, 2009

Date: February 4, 2009 · 09:10 local
Place: Torrance, CA
Airport: Zamperini Field
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2492P
Reported as: Antare MA32
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 71 total45 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N2492PRegistration cancelled May 3, 2018 · Antares MA-32S/N 218 · Built 2005 Airframe modelAntares MA-32 Engine modelRotax 503 series2 cycle

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What happened

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

(-23) Student pilot was on first solo in the runway 29R traffic pattern at Torrance. Student was operating an ultralight weight-shift controlled trike. When student touched down on first landing at normal speed, the trike's nose wheel began to shimmy and the trike began to swerve to the left then right. The student tried to make control inputs to stop the swerving but quickly lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft tipped on its side to the front and left. Minor damage to the nose wheel fairing. Left main wheel fairing, and wing. Student had no injuries. Continued on next page.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS ON FIRST SOLO IN THE RUNWAY 29R TRAFFIC PATTERN AT TORRANCE. STUDENT WAS OPERATING AN ULTRALIGHT WEIGHT-SHIFT CONTROLLED TRIKE. WHEN STUDENT TOUCHED DOWN ON FIRST LANDING AT NORMAL SPEED, THE TRIKE'S NOSE WHEEL BEGAN TO SHIMMY AND THE TRIKE BEGAN TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT THEN RIGHT. THE STUDENT TRIED TO MAKE CONTROL INPUTS TO STOP THE SWERVING BUT QUICKLY LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED ON ITS SIDE TO THE FRONT AND LEFT. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL FAIRING. LEFT MAIN WHEEL FAIRING, AND WING. STUDENT HAD NO INJURIES. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE.