# Incident 20210313005669I: Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000, Torrance, CA, March 13, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2021, 12:30 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- 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: N8700, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 (registry code 2621802, https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-travel-air-4000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTISS WRIGHT TRAVEL AIR 4000
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210313005669I

## Narrative

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

N8700 LANDED RWY 29L AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE RWY AT TAXIWAY FOXTROT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED AN UNCONTROLLED LEFT TURN.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP FACING EAST, WHERE TWY FOXTROT MEETS RWY 29L AT MID FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARTIALLY OFF PAVEMENT.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED AS TO THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL AND RIGHT WINGTIP.  IT APPEARS ONE TAXIWAY LIGHT WAS ALSO DAMAGED.  PILOT STATED THAT HIS HEEL GOT STUCK BETWEEN RUDDER PEDAL AND FLOOR.

LGB FSDO WILL TAKE  NO FURTHER ACTION.

## Other reports on N8700 (3)

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

- [Incident 20210428007369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210428007369I), Apr 28, 2021: Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 (N8700), Torrance, Minor damage. Description of incident as reported by toa ATCT: on April 28, 2021 travelaire N8700 piloted by private pilot [privacy data omitted], landed on runway 29R at…
- [Accident 20091129022169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091129022169A), Nov 29, 2009: Curtis TRVAIR4000 (N8700), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. The pilot of the travelair, N8700, stated he was taxiing from his hangar, 2781-B, at the east t-hangars to refuel his aircraft with no intention to fly. He was…
- [Incident 19850426022259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850426022259I), Apr 26, 1985: Curtis TRVAIR4000 (N8700), El Toro, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft was NR3 in flight of three instructed to hold short after landing. No radio and collided with NR2.

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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