Cessna 172N Skyhawk, N75536: Incident occurred August 08, 2021 in Torrance, Los Angeles County, California

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Long Beach, California

Aircraft experienced an engine failure and made an emergency landing in the Los Angeles Port rail area. 

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https://registry.faa.gov/N75536

Date: 09-AUG-21

Time: 01:05:00Z

Regis#: N75536

Aircraft Make: CESSNA

Aircraft Model: 172N

Event Type: INCIDENT

Highest Injury: NONE

Aircraft Missing: No

Damage: MINOR

Activity: PERSONAL

Flight Phase: EMERGENCY DESCENT (EMG)

Operation: 91

City: TORRANCE

State: CALIFORNIA

A single-engine plane completed an incredibly successful emergency landing in California on August 08, 2021.

The Cessna 172N Skyhawk was flying “extremely low” while approaching Terminal Island, drawing the attention of Los Angeles Port Police officers. 

The officers lost sight of the plane but eventually tracked it to an abandoned industrial site just south of Ocean Boulevard east of the Vincent Thomas Bridge, where it had successfully completed an emergency landing on the patch of dirt. 

“They had apparently just been conducting some training maneuvers in this area and they lost the engine, so they did an emergency landing,” Port of Los Angeles spokesman Phillip Sanfield said.

The plane remained in the empty lot until it was towed away on Monday morning.

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