# Incident 20100909044679I: Aircraft Mf CH601XLI SL, Torrance, CA, September 9, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2010, 15:32 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Damage: Minor 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: N601KE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601KE-2023-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aircraft Mfg & Design CH601XLI SLSA (registry code 060005F, https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-mfg-design-ch601xli-slsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200A (registry code 17404, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRCRAFT MF CH601XLI SL
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,492 total, 16 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100909044679I

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPERIENCED AN UN-INTENTIONAL OPENING OF THE AIRCRAFT CANOPY WHILE AT ALTITUDE.  FOLLOWING THE PILOTS OPERATING HANDBOOK EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND INITIATED AN APPROACH AND LANDING. PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN A WIND GUST CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TO STALL AND THE WING TIP, NOSE GEAR AND PROP TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY.

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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