# Accident 20200113004059A: Airborne Windsports Pty Ltd EDGE XT-912-L, Hawthorne, CA, January 13, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2020, 12:52 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9233° N, 118.3375° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9233&lon=-118.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N805M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N805M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airborne Windsports PTY EDGE XT-912-L (registry code 060003A, https://openairdocs.org/model/airborne-windsports-pty-edge-xt-912-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL series (registry code 55571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBORNE WINDSPORTS PTY LTD EDGE XT-912-L
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 13 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200113004059A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 13, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:15 P.M. PACIFIC TIME. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DESPIE DEPARTED HAWTHORNE AIRPORT (HHR) IN N805M (EDGE XT-912-L S/N:XT-912-0284) FOR LEFT CLOSED TRAFFIC. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH HE ENCOUNTERED A CROSSWIND  GUST NEAR THE GROUND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE LANDING, BUT COULD NOT SLOW DOWN HIS DESCENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON ALL THREE WHEELS AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR AND HIT THE RUNWAY AGAIN, HARD ENOUGH TO SEVERE THE LEFT REAR WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE SECOND LANDING AND SLID OFF THE RUNWAY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SEVERED WHEEL.

## 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 WPR20CA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA064), Jan 13, 2020: Airborne XT912 (N805M), Hawthorne, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to arrest the airplane’s descent rate, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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