# NTSB LAX82FXQ07: Cessna 150, N7820F, Wadsworth, NV, April 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: April 17, 1982, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Wadsworth, NV
- 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
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report April 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72938
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FXQ07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72938/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FXQ07

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE FLYING OVER THE TRUCKEE RIVER ON A LOCAL FLIGHT, THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A GROUP OF FIVE POWERLINES. THE AIRCRAFT THEN IMPACTED THE WATER IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. IT WAS CARRIED DOWNSTREAM ABOUT 100 YARDS BY THE CURRENT BEFORE COMING TO STOP ON A SANDBAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7820F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7820F-1989-01-18), registration cancelled 1989-01-18, S/N 15063920 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063920
- Airframe hours: 3600
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: D. E. Brush
- Registered owner: D. E. Brush
- Departed: FERNLEY, NV
- Destination: FERNLEY, NV

## 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: 5,601 total, 1,950 in this make and model, 5,500 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 122 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19820417010049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820417010049A), Apr 17, 1982: Cessna 150F, Wadsworth, NV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck powerlines while flying over river. Airplane then dropped into river.

## Other investigations on N7820F (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 SEA76DYA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYA10), Aug 2, 1975: Cessna 150 (N7820F), Jerome, ID, destroyed

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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