# Incident 19871209077419I: Cessna 172N, Hawthorne, CA, December 9, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1987, 11:42 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Hawthorne Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N739WE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739WE-2001-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 48 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871209077419I

## Narrative

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

MISJUDGED FLARE ALTITUDE. LANDED ON NOSE GEAR BLOWING THE TIRE.

## Other reports on N739WE (1)

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

- [Accident 20010401005869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010401005869A), Apr 1, 2001: Cessna 172 (N739WE), Rialto, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (.19) On April 1, 2001, about 0023 PST, a Cessna 172N, N739WE, operated by security aviation of hawthorne, California, was destroyed during the collision…

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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