# Accident 19810414020139A: Cessna 150M, Planada, CA, April 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1981, 19:45 local time
- Place: Planada, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2902° N, 120.3216° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Planada, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2902&lon=-120.3216&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3382V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3382V-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,373 total, 376 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVA34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810414020139A

## Narrative

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

FORGOT TO REMOVE ENGINE NACELLE COVERS. ENGINE OVERHEATED. STRUCK DITCH ON EMERGENCY LANDING IN A PASTURE.

## 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 LAX81DVA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVA34), Apr 14, 1981: Cessna 150M (N3382V), Planada, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3382V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830902074682A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830902074682A), Sep 2, 1983: Cessna 150 (N3382V), Mariposa, CA, Destroyed. Was struck by a PA24 N7187P on the runway during touch and go. PA24 made straight in approach landing opposit.

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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