# Incident 19860419025679I: Agusta A109, Hawthorne, CA, April 19, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1986, 09:00 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Hawthorne Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N1EQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTA A109
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860419025679I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI ON WHEELS AFTER LANDING MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK SOME STEEL RACKS. DEBRIS DAMAGED A VAN AND C172.

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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