# Accident 20160808017759A: Cessna TR182, Torrance, CA, August 8, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2016, 15:08 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Zamperini Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8011° N, 118.3350° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8011&lon=-118.3350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756FZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N756FZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160808017759A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD A GREEN LIGHT INDICATING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED BEFORE LANDING.  THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLAPSED UPON LANDING.  GROUND WITNESSES STATED THAT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN "TRAIL" (NOT IN THE FULL DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION) WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED.

## 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 WPR16LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA163), Aug 8, 2016: Cessna TR182 (N756FZ), Torrance, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right main landing gear to fully extend for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination and testing did not reveal any evidence of preimpact mechanical…

## Other reports on N756FZ (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20171002016259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171002016259I), Oct 2, 2017: Cessna TR182 (N756FZ), Hawthorne, CA, Minor damage. On 10/02/2017, Cessna TR182, N756FZ, landed at Jack Northrop Field on runway 25 with the landing gear not extended. Minor damage was caused to the aircraft…
- [Incident 20100805040789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100805040789I), Aug 5, 2010: Cessna TR182 (N756FZ), Toledo, OR, Minor damage. Pilot made 2 previous approaches to runway and chose to make goarounds. On 3rd attempt pilot thought it was a good approach but landed long and ran off end of…

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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