# Incident 19821212069159I: Cessna 150L, Long Beach, CA, December 12, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1982, 07:53 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8179° N, 118.1519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG BEACH (DAUGHERTY FLD) (LGB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8179&lon=-118.1519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16183, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16183-1983-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821212069159I

## Narrative

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

HAND PROPPED ENGINE. TAIL WHEEL TIED DOWN, BROKE LOOSE. COCKPIT NOT OCCUPIED. AIRPLANE RAN INTO A FENCE.

## Other reports on N16183 (1)

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

- [Incident 19800527051609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800527051609I), May 27, 1980: Cessna 150L (N16183), Daggett, CA, Substantial damage. Wing tip struck palm tree while taxiing from parking.

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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