# Incident 20231216019709I: Cessna TR182, Torrance, CA, December 16, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2023, 11:17 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport - Z
- 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: N756EZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N756EZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,079 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231216019709I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 16, 2023, BETWEEN 1015 AND 1215, THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT OF A CESSNA TR182, WITH A STANDARD AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE IN THE NORMAL CATEGORY, WAS ON A PART 91, VFR CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM KTOA TO L05 (KERN VALLEY, CA) WITH ONE PASSENGER.  UPON APPROACH TO L05 AT PATTERN ALTITUDE, THE PILOT PUT THE GEAR LEVER IN THE DOWN POSITION BUT THE GREEN GEAR LOCKED INDICATOR FAILED TO ILLUMINATE.  THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS.  THE PILOT COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, INCLUDING EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AND LIGHT BULB TEST. ALTHOUGH ALL GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN, THE PILOT COULD NOT CONFIRM THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS LOCKED. THE PILOT ADVISED ATC OF A POSSIBLE NOSE GEAR UNLOCK AND THAT HE WOULD RETURN TO KTOA WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING. UPON ARRIVAL AT KTOA, THE PILOT ADVISED ATC OF THE SITUATION AND ATTEMPTED A LOW APPROACH FOR TOWER PERSONNEL TO LOOK AT THE GEAR.  ATC ADVISED THAT THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY MADE A NORMAL PATTERN AND LANDED ON 29R USING THE "PARTIAL NOSE GEAR EXTENDED" CHECKLIST.  UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED PARTWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY ON THE MAIN GEAR BUT COLLAPSED ON THE NOSE, STRIKING THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND BELLY. NO PROPELLER OR ENGINE DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED BECUASE THE PILOT HAD SHUT OFF THE ENGINE WHILE ON SHORT FINAL.

THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER NOTIFIED ATC OF NO INJUIRIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM TOA 29R WITHOUT SUSTAINING ANY FURTHER DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N756EZ (1)

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

- [Incident 20211031018279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211031018279I), Oct 31, 2021: Cessna TR182 (N756EZ), Nampa, ID, Minor damage. On 10/31/2021 at approximately 1818 local time, N756EZ landed with the gear up at the Nampa airport (man) causing minor damage. One person onboard sustained no…

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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