# NTSB FTW85LA166: Cessna TU206G, N6282X, El Paso, TX, March 28, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 28, 1985, 14:58 local (21:58 UTC)
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Coordinates: 31.800815, -106.360939 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8008&lon=-106.3609&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21710
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA166
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21710/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA166

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with weather, taxi - from landing
- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - from landing
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, taxi - from landing

## Analysis

ACFT BEING TAXIIED TO RAMP AFTER LANDING WITH WIND 27 KTS GUSTING TO 42 KTS. A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE RIGHT WING AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6282X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6282X-1991-01-08), registration cancelled 1991-01-08, S/N U20605853 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (registry code 2073357) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20605853
- Airframe hours: 800
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-M 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Registered owner: Donald D. Hoover
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 10, 1985, 40 hours before
- Departed: 17XS, LAJITAS, TX
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: ELP, El Paso Intl., runway 26, 9,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial, flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 5,130 total, 400 in this make and model, 4,100 as pilot in command, 191 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 27 knots, gusting 42
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ELP

## 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 19850328011119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850328011119A), Mar 28, 1985: Cessna TU206G, El Paso, TX, Substantial damage. A gust of wind slid aircraft sideways until left main dropped off edge of taxiway. Aircraft then blew over.

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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