- Date
- November 3, 2005, 17:00 local (Nov 4, 2005, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Torrance, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N182HGCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20051103028049A
- Case key
- 62802
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Probable cause
the pilot's excessive taxi speed, and his failure to maintain an adequate clearance from objects.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane collided with a hangar while taxiing from landing to parking. The pilot was making a right-hand turn off the taxiway when his left wing came into contact with a hangar. The airplane veered left, and the propeller struck the outside wall of the structure. The collision resulted in damage to the hangar, propeller, and extensive damage to the left wing. The pilot felt that an excessive taxi speed and his misjudgment of the right-hand turn led to the accident. He stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.
Factual narrative
On November 3, 2005, about 1700 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 182Q, N182HG, struck a hangar while taxiing at Torrance, California. The private pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot, the sole occupant was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The pilot was taxiing to his hangar after a local flight.
In a written statement, the pilot stated that he was turning off the taxiway when the accident occurred. He was making a right-hand turn when his left wing came into contact with a hangar. The airplane veered left, and the propeller struck the outside wall of the structure. The collision resulted in damage to the hangar, propeller, and extensive damage to the left wing. The pilot felt that an excessive taxi speed and his poor judgement of the right-hand turn led to the accident.
The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N182HG
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267094
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U28B, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary Osbourne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 2005
- Departed
- KTOA · Torrance, CA
- Destination
- KTOA · Torrance, CA
- Airport
- KTOA · Zamperini Field Airport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 248 total · 123 in this make and model · 161 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- KTOA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.