# Incident 20020424011719I: Cessna 206CESSNA, Fargo, ND, April 24, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2002, 00:20 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5033U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5033U-2018-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020424011719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN WAS REPOSITIONING AIRCRAFT FROM THE NORTH GENERAL AVIATION RAMP TO HIS HANGAR ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. CONTROL TOWER REPORTED WIND GUSTING TO 50 KNOTS. AIRMAN HAD BEGUN HIS TAXI THEN DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE NORTH RAMP AND MOVE THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE WIND SUBSIDED. WHILE AIRMAN WAS EXECUTING A 180 DEGREE TURN A GUST OF 52 KNOTS WAS RELAYED TO THE AIRMAN FROM THE CONTROL TOWER. HALFWAY THROUGH AIRMAN'S 180 DEGREE TURN THE WIND LIFTED THE TAIL UP AND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETELY OVER TO THE INVERTED POSITION NEXT TO THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N5033U (3)

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

- [Accident 20150802017619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150802017619A), Aug 2, 2015: Cessna 206 (N5033U), Pecos, TX, Substantial damage. On August 02, 2015, at approximately 1000 CDT, N5033U, a Cessna 206, impacted the terrain at Pecos Municipal Airport (kpeq) located in Pecos, Texas. Pilot was…
- [Incident 19960526029729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960526029729I), May 26, 1996: Cessna 206CESSNA (N5033U), West Fargo, ND, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft departed for paradrop operation. At altitude, jump door was opened and latched. When last jumper exited, door accidentally released from…
- [Incident 19900407018719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900407018719I), Apr 7, 1990: Cessna 206CESSNA (N5033U), West Fargo, ND, 1 fatal. One jumpers chute wrapped around anothers riser lines. Both cut away. Fatality did not attempt to pull reserve chute

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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