- Date
- April 6, 1975
- Place
- Hawthorne, CA · HAWTHORNE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8820ABeech B35
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750406018169A
- Case key
- 148049
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1604 75/4/6 HAWTHORNE,CA BEECH B35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 373 TIME - 1618 N8820A PX- 1 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAWTHORNE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAWTHORNE,CA HAWTHORNE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT OVERSHOT TURN TO FINAL APCH. PLTS 3RD FLT IN LAST 5 MOS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8820A
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hawthorne Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.