# Accident 19820417010049A: Cessna 150F, Wadsworth, NV, April 17, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1982, 10:30 local time
- Place: Wadsworth, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6322° N, 119.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wadsworth, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6322&lon=-119.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7820F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7820F-1989-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: LYC O320A3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,601 total, 1,950 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FXQ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FXQ07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820417010049A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINES WHILE FLYING OVER RIVER. AIRPLANE THEN DROPPED INTO RIVER.

## 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 LAX82FXQ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FXQ07), Apr 17, 1982: Cessna 150 (N7820F), Wadsworth, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N7820F (1)

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

- [Accident 19750802023099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750802023099A), Aug 2, 1975: Cessna 150F (N7820F), Jerome, ID, Substantial damage. Unauthorized non pilot took acft,taxied up & down rwy & lost control.

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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