# Incident 20100102026249I: Piper PA-34-200T, Torrance, CA, January 2, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2010, 12:58 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: 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: N44730 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100102026249I

## Narrative

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

ON JAN 2, 2010 JON MOWATT PNF (PILOT NOT FLYING) WAS GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO BRENT NELSON PF (PILOT FLYING) IN N44730 SENECA II AIRCRAFT. THEY WERE PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GO'S AT TORRANCE AIRPORT (KTOA). THEY HAD MADE 2 NORMAL LANDINGS PREVIOUSLY AND WERE PLANNING ON A FULL STOP ON THIS 4TH LANDING.  ON THE DOWNWIND LEG THEY PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND GOT 3 GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING ALL LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. THEY MADE A NORMAL LANDING ON THE LAST 1/3 OF THE THRESHOLD WITH 30 DEGREES FLAPS.  THE MAIN WHEELS SAT DOWN FIRST AND THEN THE NOSE JUST KEPT COMING DOWN. THE PILOT MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AS THE PLANE SKIDDED ON ITS NOSE UNTIL IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP.

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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