# Incident 20230504010899I: Cessna 172R, Torrance, CA, May 4, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2023, 13:20 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- 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: N174GF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N174GF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230504010899I

## Narrative

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

05/04/2023 1320 PDT- TOA AIRPORT-

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 29R FOR DEMO FLIGHT. AT APPROXIMATELY 500FT AGL A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, ENGINE STATED VIBRATING VIOLENTLY AND ENGINE LOST MOST OF ITS POWER. PILOT RADIOED TOWER OF AN ENGINE FAILURE AND WOULD BE RETURNING TO LAND. PILOT EXECUTED A 180 TURN AND LANDED 11L. LANDING WAS LONG AND AIRCRAFT COULD NOT BE STOPPED BEFORE END OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SLID OFF END OF 11L INTO A DIRT FIELD AND CAME TO A STOP. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED TWO FLAT TIRES DUE TO LOCKED UP BRAKES AND WEARING THROUGH BOTH TIRES WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO PARKING.

INVESTIGATION REVEALED #1 CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED COMPLETELY OFF AT HEAD/CYLINDER JUNCTION. INVESTIGATION REVEALED CYLINDER HAD 1100 HRS SINCE NEW WITH NO MAINTENANCE PERFORMED SINCE INSTALLATION. INVESTIGATION OF MECHANIC WHO DID LAST INSPECTION DID NOT REVEAL ANY ABNORMALITIES, OR KNOWN DEFECTS.

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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