# Accident 20160321003789A: Airborne XT-912, Hawthorne, CA, March 21, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2016, 11:59 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9236° N, 118.3314° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9236&lon=-118.3314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N670EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N670EM-2019-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airborne XT-912 (registry code 059021Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/airborne-xt-912) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 series (registry code 55569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBORNE XT-912
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 59 total, 59 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16FA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160321003789A

## Narrative

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

WEIGHT SHIFT CONTROL AIRCRAFT ENTERED RUNWAY 25 AT TAXIWAY B AND DEPARTED. APPROXIMATELY 50-100 FEET IN THE AIR, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A STEEP RIGHT BANK AND TURNED TO THE RIGHT (NORTH) AND DECENDED.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE NORTH SIDE AIRPORT FENCE, THEN IMPACTED ON 120TH STREET IN HAWTHORNE CA APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS WEST OF CA 105 FREEWAY EAST ENTRANCE AND CAME TO REST AT THE NORTH SIDE CURB OF 120TH. STREET.  THE AIRCRAFT IGNITED AND WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 WPR16FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16FA086), Mar 21, 2016: Airborne XT 912 (N670EM), Hawthorne, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The weight shift control aircraft encounter with a wake vortex from a preceding airplane, which resulted in a roll upset at an altitude too low for recovery. Contributing to the accident was 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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