# NTSB LAX83LA113: Cessna U206G, N6525X, Palm Springs, CA, February 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 18, 1983, 12:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Coordinates: 33.850677, -116.560554 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8507&lon=-116.5606&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23624
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA113
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23624/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA113

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose down, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6525X-1984-09-10), registration cancelled 1984-09-10, S/N U20605936 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20605936
- Airframe hours: 198
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830218005069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830218005069A), Feb 18, 1983: Cessna U206G, Palm Springs, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft was blown up on a wing by strong wind and jet blast. Tower had pilot taxi on ramp with operating BAC111.

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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