# Accident 19750406018169A: Beech B35, Hawthorne, CA, April 6, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1975
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Hawthorne Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: N8820A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8820A-1975-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B35 (registry code 1151506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 373 total, 160 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75AL051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750406018169A

## Narrative

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

PLT OVERSHOT TURN TO FINAL APCH. PLTS 3RD FLT IN LAST 5 MOS.

## 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 LAX75AL051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL051), Apr 6, 1975: Beech B35 (N8820A), Hawthorne, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.