# Accident 20030212001849A: Cessna 182F, Estherville, IA, February 12, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2003, 08:30 local time
- Place: Estherville, IA
- Airport: Estherville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4075° N, 94.7464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESTHERVILLE MUNI (EST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4075&lon=-94.7464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3455U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3455U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030212001849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 AT ESTHERVILLE, IA, PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAXI TO HANGAR. WINDS WERE 310 DEGREES GUSTING TO 40 KNOTS. PILOT WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH AIRPORT MANAGER AS TO THE BEST PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW DUE TO THE WINDS. PILOT WAS TAXIING TO THE AIRPORT MANAGER'S HANGAR FOR STORAGE UNTIL WIND LET UP AS THIS WOULD PROVIDE THE MOST INTO WIND TAXI. GUSTY WINDS LIFTED WING, EVEN THOUGH PROPER CONTROL INPUTS WERE USED, AND TIPPED AIRCRAFT OVER. HUSBAND AND WIFE ABOARD, NO INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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