# Incident 20020407008979I: Cessna 210, Greensboro, NC, April 7, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2002, 15:30 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1013° N, 79.9411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL (GSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1013&lon=-79.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7412E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7412E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 983 total, 900 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020407008979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N7412E PILOTED BY DUANE R. DAHL DEPARTED PIEDMONT HAWTHORNE AVIATION FBO, ON APRIL 7, 2002 AROUND 1530. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT STATEMENT GROUND CONTROL GAVE HIM CLEARANCE TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 23. THE PILOT TAXIED FROM THE FBO RAMP AND MADE A LEFT TURN ON TO A ROAD, "SOUTH PERIMETER ROAD." THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A ROAD SIGN ON SOUTH PERIMETER ROAD. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING, ABOUT 18 INCHES INBOARD FROM THE WING TIP. PIEDMONT HAWTHORNE AVIATION A CERTIFIED REPAIR STATION, ASSESSED THE AIRCRAFT AS DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE, WITH REPAIRABLE DAMAGE TO THE WING RIB.

## Other reports on N7412E (1)

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

- [Incident 20260115001999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260115001999I), Jan 15, 2026: Cessna 210 (N7412E), Columbia, SC, Minor damage. Cessna 210 aircraft (6N 7412E ^) departed aiken, SC airport (kaik) enroute to Columbia, SC airport (kcae) as an instructional flight. The pilot attempted to…

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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