19791016027419A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 501 · Hawthorne, CA · October 16, 1979

Date
October 16, 1979 · 15:03 local
Place
Hawthorne, CA
Airport
Hawthorne
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N13BT
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FUD01
Reported as
Cessna 501
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,700 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft hit a tree and a fence on final approach.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HIT A TREE AND A FENCE ON FINAL APPROACH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.