# Incident 20220308003139I: Cessna 170B, Torrance, CA, March 8, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2022, 17:40 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: N8329A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8329A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 23,873 total, 23 in this make and model, 211 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220308003139I

## Narrative

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

INVESTIGATION: I WAS NOTIFIED BY THE TORRANCE AIRPORT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT ON MARCH 8, 2022 ON RUNWAY 29R N8329A AT 1940 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT AFTER LANDING IN STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MOMENTARILY OVERCORRECTED ON THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND THEN OVER-BRAKED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT DID NOT COMPLY WITH SAFETY REQUIREMENT WHEN THEY FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE FAA BECAME AWARE ON MARCH 10, 2022.

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS (RCA): THIS NONCONFORMANCE WAS DUE TO THE FOLLOWING:

1.	PILOT INEXPERIENCE IN THE AIRCRAFT.

2.	OVERCORRECTING FOR THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS

3.	FLYING WITH INEXPERIENCE IN GUSTY WINDS IN LANDING A CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRCRAFT.

CORRECTIVE ACTION: THE PILOT WILL TAKE THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS:

1.	WILL NOT FLY IN QUESTIONABLE WINDS UNTIL MORE EXPERIENCED IN AIRCRAFT.

2.	WHEN ENCOUNTERING QUESTIONABLE WINDS IN THE FUTURE, WILL DIVERT TO A MORE SUITABLE AIRPORT.

3.	THE PILOT HAS CORRECTED THE SAFETY ISSUE THROUGH THE ABOVE ACTIONS AND WILL BE MORE CONSERVATIVE IN HIS DECISION MAKING UNTIL MORE EXPERIENCED IN THE AIRCRAFT.

COMMENTS: I USED COUNSELING TO REGAIN SAFE OPERATIONS]. I AM SATISFIED THE PILOT?S  CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FULLY ADDRESS THE IDENTIFIED CAUSE(S) AND HAS 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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