# Accident 20240906014929A: Piper PA-24-250, Hawthorne, CA, September 6, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2024, 00:30 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9182° N, 118.3541° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9182&lon=-118.3541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N588CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N588CP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24FA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240906014929A

## Narrative

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

AT 12:36 AM ON 9-6-24 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PIPER PA 24-250 COMMANCHE CRASHED ON 126TH ST. JUST SOUTHWEST OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PILOT AND 1 PASSENGER WERE ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE HAWTHORNE AIRPORT AT 12:34 AM. THE ATTEMPTED TO DEPART EASTBOUND ON RUNWAY 7 AND APPEARED TO HAVE TROUBLE GAINING ALTITUDE. THE PLANE STOPPED AT ALPHA (END OF RUNWAY 7 NEAR CRENSHAW BLVD.  THE PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND WALKED AROUND THE AIRCRAFT AS IF INSPECTING THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO ALPHA AND TOOK OFF WESTBOUND ON RUNWAY 25 AND AGAIN APPEARED TO HAVE TROUBLE GAINING ALTITUDE. AIRCRAFT BANKED RIGHT LOSING ALTITUDE APPROXIMATELY AT 12:36 AM CRASHING ON 126TH ST. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED BY FIRST CLIPPING A TREE IN THE PARKING LOT OF CITY HALL. THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT ONE OF THE WINGS HIT THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN STRUCK A SMALL BLOCK WALL AND HIT A LIGHT POLE ON THE NORTH SIDEWALK AND SPUN AROUND BURSTING INTO FLAMES AND CAMING TO REST ON 126TH ST. JUST WEST OF A DRIVEWAY LEADING TO A HOTEL. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE EJECTED FROM AIRCRAFT, PILOT AND PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE PASSENGER WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. PILOT WAS TREATED FOR BURNS COVERING 50% OF THE BODY, BUT APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS LATER EXPIRED.

## 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 WPR24FA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA295), Sep 6, 2024: Piper PA-24-250 (N588CP), Hawthorne, CA, destroyed, investigation ongoing

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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