# Accident 19810521027859A: Airasc J2AIRASC, Owatonna, MN, May 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1981, 19:43 local time
- Place: Owatonna, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0924° N, 93.2336° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Owatonna, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0924&lon=-93.2336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18804, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18804-1994-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcculloch J-2 (registry code 5500604, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcculloch-j-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRASC J2AIRASC
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,157 total, 94 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FER38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810521027859A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER AND PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING IN PLOWED FIELD. GYROCOPTER FLIPPED INVERTED.

## 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 CHI81FER38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER38), May 21, 1981: Mcculloch J-2 (N18804), Owatonna, MN, destroyed

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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