- Date
- February 18, 1983, 12:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Palm Springs, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6525XCessna U206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830218005069A
- Case key
- 23624
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Nose down
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Weather condition - high windFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Judgment - poorCause
Analysis
The acft was blown onto its nose & wing while taxiing on the ramp. According to tower personnel the wind had been variable from 200 to 300 deg with some gusts as high as 35K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6525X
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605936
- Airframe hours
- 198
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry Dahle/Larry Dahle Shoes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 28, 1982 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- PSP · Palm Springs
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 6,200 total · 180 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PSP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.