# Incident 20150118001359I: Yakovlev YAK 52, Torrance, CA, January 18, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2015, 12:55 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- 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: N124YK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N124YK-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev YAK 52 (registry code 9830220, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKOVLEV YAK 52
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR AEROSTAR M-14P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 867 total, 273 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150118001359I

## Narrative

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

JANUARY 18, 2015 AT APPROXIMATLEY 1200 HRS AFTER LOWERING LANDING GEAR ON APPROACH TO TOA, PILOT NOTICED THE MIDDLE GREEN LIGHT GEAR DOWN INDICATION WAS NOT ILLUMINATED.  PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR, BUT LIGHT REMAINED OUT.  PILOT ASKED PASSENGER IF HE HAD 3 GREENS, BUT HE HAD ONLY TWO AS WELL.  THE VISUAL INDICATOR POLES SEEMED TO INDICATE THE GEAR WERE ALL DOWN.  PILOT ASKED PASSENGER IF HIS GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE CORRECT POSITION, AND PASSENGER INDICATED  YES, PILOT THEN ASKED PASSENGER TO CHANGE GEAR SELECTOR TO THE OVERRIDE POSITION (ONLY DOWN POSITION) BUT THAT DIDN'T CHANGE THE GEAR LIGHT.  PILOT AND PASSENGER DISCUSSED THE VISUAL INDICATOR POLES LOOKING FULLY RAISED, AND HOW PILOT HAD 4.5 ATMOSPHERES OF AIR, WHICH IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO ACTUATE GEAR UP OR DOWN.  PILOT ASKED THE TOWER IF THEY COULD VERIFY OUR GEAR WAS DOWN, AND TOWER VERIFIED  THEY ALL LOOKED DOWN.  PILOT DECIDED TO LAND GENTLY BUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL OUT.

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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