# NTSB LAX68F0298: Cessna 140, N76584, Hawthorne, CA, February 5, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 5, 1968
- Place: Hawthorne, CA · HAWTHORNE, CA
- 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
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 14, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112337
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68F0298
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68F0298

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0211   68/2/5    HAWTHORNE,CALIF     CESSNA 140          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 42, 14 TOTAL
        TIME - 1555                    N76584              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HAWTHORNE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- ACFT PORPOISED. SECOND SOLO FLT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N76584](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76584-1971-01-04), registration cancelled 1971-01-04, S/N 11024 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hawthorne

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.

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