# Incident 20210808013519I: Cessna 172N, Torrance, CA, August 8, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2021, 18:20 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- 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: N75536, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75536) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 514 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210808013519I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/08/2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 0040 ZULU ( 1740 LOCAL) AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND A STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED HAWTHORN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT  (KHHR) IN A CESSNA 172N SERIAL NUMBER 17267791, REGISTRATION MARK: N75536, WITH A STANDARD AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE IN THE NORMAL CATEGORY. WHILE MANEUVERING OVER THE LONG BEACH PRACTICE AREA (TERMINAL ISLAND), AT 4,000 FEET MSL, THE MOTOR QUIT OPERATING. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT IDENTIFIED AN EMERGENCY LANDING SITE AND HAD HER STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE MOTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH "POWER LOSS IN FLIGHT" CHECKLIST FOLLOWED BY THE "IF NO RESTART & TIME PERMITS" CHECKLIST.

THE MOTOR DID NOT RESTART AND THE PILOT SET UP THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE EMERGENCY LANDING.  DURING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED A DIRT BERM WHICH TORE THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE COWLINGS, SPINNER, AND THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE NON-ROTATING PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT  APPROXIMATELY 0120 ZULU ( 1820 LOCAL).

THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT SUSTAINING INJURIES.

THERE WERE NO POST-EMERGENCY LANDING FIRES.

THE NTSB WAS NOTIFIED AND WERE SUPPLIED PHOTOS AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT. THE NTSB CLASSIFIED THE DAMAGE AS MINOR AND RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE OWNER FOR GROUND TRANSPORTATION TO ZAMPERINI FIELD ( TOA) IN TORRANCE, CA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HANGAR AT TOA WHERE AN FAA INSPECTOR INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT, RECORDS, AND SPOKE WITH THE OWNER AND MECHANIC.

## Other reports on N75536 (2)

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

- [Incident 19900220056699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900220056699I), Feb 20, 1990: Cessna 172N (N75536), Bountiful, UT. Pilot had minor radio problems. Flew into control area without authorization.
- [Incident 19780831038369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780831038369I), Aug 31, 1978: Cessna 172 (N75536), Edison, NE, Minor damage. Pilot landed downwind and ran off end of runway through fence.

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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