# Incident 20210917016769I: Nanchang China CJ-6A, Torrance, CA, September 17, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2021, 17:00 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N815YK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N815YK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nanchang China CJ-6A (registry code 056183N, https://openairdocs.org/model/nanchang-china-cj-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Vedeneyev M14P (registry code 63601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/vedeneyev-m14p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NANCHANG CHINA CJ-6A
- Reported engine: VEDENEYEV M14P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 231 total, 100 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210917016769I

## Narrative

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

INVESTIGATION: I WAS NOTIFIED BY TORRANCE KTOA  AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL  THAT ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 LOCAL AT THE KTOA AIRPORT, N815YK DID NOT COMPLY WITH A SAFETY REQUIREMENT AND FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO AND UPON LANDING.

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS (RCA): THIS NONCONFORMANCE WAS DUE TO THE PILOT FOLLOWING ATC INSTRUCTION TO CHANGE RUNWAYS AT THE LAST MINUTE.  THE PILOT, BECAME DISTRACTED AND FAILED TO PUT HIS LANDING GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING.  THERE IS NO GEAR WARNING HORN IN THE CJ-6 BUT THE GEAR DOWN INDICATOR WAS WORKING PROPERLY.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ALWAYS USED THE ?GUMP? CHECKLIST (GAS, UNDERCARRIAGE, MIXTURE, PROP) BUT THE LAST MINUTE CHANGE OF RUNWAYS AND HIS OVERALL INEXPERIENCE TOTALLY DISTRACTED HIM.

CORRECTIVE ACTION:  THE PILOT DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING AN ?AURAL? WARNING SYSTEM IN THE AIRCRAFT IF HE GETS THE AIRCRAFT REPAIRED.  EVEN THOUGH THE INVESTIGATION BY THE LONG BEACH AIRWORTHINESS TEAM DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS AN INCIDENT AND NOT AN ACCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT MAY NOT BE REPAIRED DUE TO THE COST OF REPLACEMENT PARTS.

COMMENTS: I USED COUNSELING TO REGAIN SAFE OPERATIONS. I AM SATISFIED THE PILOTS POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS AND HIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CHECKLISTS REESTABLISHED SAFE OPERATIONS. I RECOMMEND NO FURTHER ACTION OR ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP.

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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