- Date
- October 16, 1979
- Place
- Hawthorn, CA · HAWTHORN, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13BTCessna 501
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791016027419A
- Case key
- 133423
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2431 79/10/16 HAWTHORN,CA CESSNA 501 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 7200 TIME - 1503 N13BT PX- 0 0 5 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAWTHORNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRANCISCO HAWTHORN,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13BT
- Reported as
- Cessna 501
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hawthorne
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.