# Accident 20020522014169A: Cessna 206H, Sarasota-Braden, FL, May 22, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2002, 05:45 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Braden, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DKBA
- Location: 27.3953° N, 82.5542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3953&lon=-82.5542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24013, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24013-2007-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206H (registry code 2073301, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206H
- Reported engine: LYC IO540AC1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,517 total, 104 in this make and model, 281 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020522014169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS TAXIING DOWN TAXIWAY 'D'. THERE ARE TIRE SKID MARKS WHERE THE TAXIWAY STARTS TO TURN TO THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT MAIN WAS MEASURED AT OVER 102 FEET. THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE WAS MEASURED AT OVER 77 FEET, AND THERE ARE MARKS LEFT BY THE NOSE WHEEL OF OVER 68 FEET LONG. AFTER THE A/C EXITS THE TAXIWAY IT SKIDS OVER 29 FEET AND IMPACTS A CONCRETE LIGHT JUNCTION BOX OF APPROXIMATELY 48 INCHE SQUARE. THE MAIN NOSE TIRE WAS FOUND DETACHED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AT THE CEMENT JUNCTION BOX. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND INVERTED WITH THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT MEASURING 47 FEET AWAY FROM THE JUNCTION BOX. THE AIRPLANE HAD FLIPPED OVER 180 DEGREES FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM WHAT IT WAS TAXIING AT. (.4) THE PILOT STATED HE WAS TAXIING IN A 10 KNOT TAIL WIND IN "PITCH BLACK" NIGHT CONDITIONS. AN ANIMAL OR LIGHTS OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT DISTRACTED HIS ATTENTION. NEAR THE END OF THE TAXIWAY HE LEFT 102 FEET OF LEFT MAIN TIRE SKID MARKS, (77 FEET FOR RIGHT TIRE) PRIOR TO RUNNING INTO THE GRASS, COLLIDING WITH A CONCRETE PAD, SHEARING OFF THE NOSE WHEEL, AND SUSTAINING A NOSE OVER. HE WAS NOT INJURED. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION BY A MECH                                            ANIC REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PREACCIDENT BRAKE ABNORMALITIES. THE PILOT STATED TO AN FAA INSPECTOR THAT HE ENCOUNTERED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS DURING A POST ACCIDENT INTERVIEW.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 MIA02LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA097), May 22, 2002: Cessna 206H (N24013), Sarasota, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain compensation for surface wind conditions resulting in excessive taxi speed, a loss of control while taxiing, an excursion off the taxiway, collision with a concrete…

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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