# NTSB LAX80FUD01: Cessna 501, N13BT, Hawthorn, CA, October 16, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 16, 1979
- Place: Hawthorn, CA · HAWTHORN, 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: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 15, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 133423
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80FUD01
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUD01

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2431  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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19791016027419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791016027419A), Oct 16, 1979: Cessna 501, Hawthorne, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft hit a tree and a fence on final approach.

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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