# Accident 20120928022849A: Beech V35A, Torrance, CA, September 28, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2012, 15:10 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8033° N, 118.3394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8033&lon=-118.3394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6278V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6278V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 450 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12LA443](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA443) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120928022849A

## Narrative

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

SEPTEMBER 28,2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1510 HRS PDT BEECHCRAFT BONANZA N6278V CROSSED THE INFIELD GRASS AREA BETWEEN TAXI WAY CHARLIE AND ALPHA AT THE NORTH WEST END OF TORRANCE AIRPORT RUNWAY 29R AND STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE PARKED IN THE TRANSIENT AIRCRAFT PARKING AREA. COLISION WAS ON THE LEFT WING OF THIS AIRCRAFT AND RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND SPAR AREA APPROXIMATELY 24" AFT OF WING LEADING EDGE AND 36 " INBOARD FROM LEFT WING TIP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR12LA443](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA443), Sep 28, 2012: Beech V35A (N6278V), Torrance, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during taxi, which resulted in a collision with a parked vehicle.

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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