# Accident 19740708019389A: Spartn UC71, Hawthorne, CA, July 8, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1974
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Hawthorne
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 33.9148° N, 118.3481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawthorne, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9148&lon=-118.3481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17659, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17659) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Spartan 7W (registry code 8430302, https://openairdocs.org/model/spartan-7w) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPARTN UC71
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,502 total, 350 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75FUD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUD01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740708019389A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LEFT RAG IN ENG COWL WHCH ENTRD CARB INTAKE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX75FUD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUD01), Jul 8, 1974: Spartan 7W (N17659), Hawthorne, CA, destroyed

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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