# NTSB LAX82FUG16: Cessna 210A, N6652X, Lake Havasu, CA, September 7, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: September 6, 1982, 20:55 local (Sep 7, 1982, 03:55 UTC)
- Place: Lake Havasu, CA
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 6, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71323
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FUG16
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71323/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUG16

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED LAKE HAVASU AIRPORT. FOLLOWING TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED WEST AND CROSSED THE LAKE AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER IMPACTED THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS CLEAR SKY, AND WIND CALM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6652X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6652X-1984-12-14), registration cancelled 1984-12-14, S/N 21057652 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Registry model: [Cessna 210A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (registry code 2073408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21057652
- Airframe hours: 2352
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Cleland Feast
- Registered owner: Cleland Feast
- Departed: LAKE HARASU, AZ
- Destination: THERMAL, CA
- Airport: runway 5, 6,430 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 249 total, 126 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Temperature: 187 °F

## 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 19820906045969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820906045969A), Sep 6, 1982: Cessna 210A, Lake Havasu, AZ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. After takeoff airplane crashed into hills in sparsely populated area. Accident occurred on dark night.

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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