# Accident 19820906045969A: Cessna 210A, Lake Havasu, AZ, September 6, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1982, 21:00 local time
- Place: Lake Havasu, AZ
- Airport: Lake Havasu City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5711° N, 114.3583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE HAVASU CITY (HII), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5711&lon=-114.3583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6652X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6652X-1984-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 249 total, 126 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FUG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUG16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820906045969A

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF AIRPLANE CRASHED INTO HILLS IN SPARSELY POPULATED AREA. ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON DARK NIGHT.

## 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 LAX82FUG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUG16), Sep 7, 1982: Cessna 210A (N6652X), Lake Havasu, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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