# NTSB LAX06CA025: Cessna 182Q, N182HG, Torrance, CA, November 4, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 3, 2005, 17:00 local (Nov 4, 2005, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Coordinates: 33.805557, -118.343612
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8056&lon=-118.3436&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62802
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX06CA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62802/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA025

## Probable cause

the pilot's excessive taxi speed, and his failure to maintain an adequate clearance from objects.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - hangar/airport building
  - taxispeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N182HG-2016-05-11), registration cancelled 2016-05-11, S/N 18267094, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267094
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20051103028049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051103028049A), Nov 3, 2005: Cessna 182Q, Torrance, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot had been on local flight for about 1 hour, returned to toa at approximately 1700 local, landed, and proceeded to taxi to his hangar. Pilot admits…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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