# Incident 19821115067879I: Beech H35, Hawthorne, CA, November 15, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1982, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- 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: N7939D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7939D-2018-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H35 (registry code 1151520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- Reported engine: CONT O470G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 150 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821115067879I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO START ENGINE PILOT EXITED AIRPLANE. BY-STANDER PULLED PROP. ENGINE STARTED. PLANE HIT HANGER. PILOT HURT.

## Other reports on N7939D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100804042289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100804042289I), Aug 4, 2010: Beech H35 (N7939D), Calaveras, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot approached san andreas airport (cpu) for a landing on runway 31. At the time of the landing one witness states the winds were squirly and gusty but the…

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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