# Accident 20070429827079A: Beech B36TC, Hawthorne, CA, April 29, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2007, 20:50 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9214° N, 118.0414° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9214&lon=-118.0414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3172L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3172L-2009-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B36TC (registry code 1151609, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B36TC
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 139 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070429827079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 29, 2007, AT 2051, PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH B36TC, N3172L, STRUCK WIRES AND IMPACTED A DIRT FIELD IN WEST ATHENS, CALIFORNIA, DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO THE HAWTHORNE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. THE OWNER/PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES; THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE CROSS-COUNTRY PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED GLENDALE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GEU), GLENDALE, ARIZONA, AFTER 1900 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, WITH A PLANNED DESTINATION OF HAWTHORNE. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE APPROXIMATE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) COORDINATES OF THE PRIMARY WRECKAGE WERE 33 DEGREES 55.29 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE AND 118 DEGREES 18.02 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE.

## 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 LAX07LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA143), Apr 30, 2007: Beech B36TC (N3172L), West Athens, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's descent below the published minimum descent altitude for the instrument approach procedure, which resulted in a collision with wires and terrain. Contributing to the accident were 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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