# Accident 19791016027419A: Cessna 501, Hawthorne, CA, October 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1979, 15:03 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Hawthorne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N13BT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUD01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791016027419A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT A TREE AND A FENCE ON FINAL APPROACH.

## 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 LAX80FUD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUD01), Oct 16, 1979: Cessna 501 (N13BT), Hawthorn, CA, substantial damage

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.