# Incident 20230808010009I: Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd SLING LSA, Torrance, CA, August 8, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2023, 16:02 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Zamperini Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SPYS
- Location: 33.8034° N, 118.3396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZAMPERINI FLD (TOA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8034&lon=-118.3396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N169TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airplane Factory SLING LSA (registry code 069002H, https://openairdocs.org/model/airplane-factory-sling-lsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPLANE FACTORY (PTY) LTD SLING LSA
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 351 total, 310 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230808010009I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A RUNWAY OVERRUN AFTER LANDING/TOUCHDOWN. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR/PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) REPORTED THAT THEIR INTENT WAS TO TOUCHDOWN WITHIN THE FIRST 1,000 FEET OF THE 3,000-FOOT. WHILE ON FINAL THE PIC NOTICED THAT THEY WERE NOT DESCENDING ENOUGH TO INTERCEPT THE VISUAL GLIDE SLOPE AND INITIATED A FORWARD SLIP. THE PIC NOTICED THE AIRSPEED WAS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN USUAL BASED ON FEEL BUT WAS FOCUSING ON MAINTAIN VISUAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE RUNWAY MORE THAN SCANNING THE INSTRUMENTS AND THE PIC’S PLAN OF ACTION WAS TO BLEED OFF THE EXCESS AIRSPEED IN GROUND EFFECT UTILIZING AERODYNAMIC BRAKING. THE PIC STATED THEY HAD NOT PREPARED THEMSELVES FOR A GO AROUND AND DID NOT REACT QUICKLY ENOUGH IN THE SHORT SECONDS THAT FOLLOWED AND MADE THE DECISION TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND AND USE MAXIMUM BRAKING TO FINISH SLOWING DOWN. UPON TOUCHING DOWN, THE PIC CONCLUDED THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS NOT FAST ENOUGH TO ACCELERATE AND ROTATE BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND THE AIRSPEED WAS STILL TOO FAST TO SLOW DOWN IN THE DISTANCE REMAINING WHICH RESULTED IN AN OVERRUN PAST THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE, NOSE TO DIG INTO THE GRASS, AND THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EVENT, THE PIC REPORTED ON TOWER FREQUENCY THAT THEY TRIED TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN IDLE AND THAT IT APPEARED THERE WAS A STUCK THROTTLE. DURING AN INTERVIEW, THE PIC STATED AFTER EVALUATING WHAT HAD OCCURRED, THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE THROTTLE.

## Other reports on N169TW (1)

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

- [Incident 20200415001189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200415001189I), Apr 15, 2020: Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd SLING LSA (N169TW), Torrence, CA, Minor damage. Airman [privacy data omitted] (PIC), student pilot 3375429, returned to ktoa after making a solo cross-country flight and landed on runway 29L. After [privacy…

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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