# NTSB LAX82FUA11: Quickie, N80667, Torrance, CA, February 19, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 19, 1982, 10:02 local (18:02 UTC)
- Place: Torrance, CA
- 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
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 19, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72848
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FUA11
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72848/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUA11

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING LANDING, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A SPRINKLER SYSTEM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N80667 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: QUICKIE
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 80667
- Airframe hours: 90
- Engines: ONAN 22 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: C H Bills
- Registered owner: C H Bills
- Departed: SAN CLEMENTE, CA
- Destination: TORRANCE, CA
- Airport: TOA, Torrance, runway 29, 2,900 × 0 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; private; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 887 total, 60 in this make and model, 860 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 163 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19820219001509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820219001509A), Feb 19, 1982: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Torrance, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control during landing and aircraft veered off runway hitting a sprinkler system.

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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