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(.19) On August 29, 1998, at 2205 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-30, N8349Y, was substantially damaged during landing at the Dayton international airport (day), Dayton, Ohio. The certificated commercial pilot was seriously injured. The airline transport rated copilot received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local personal flight that originated at day, exact time unknown. No flight plan was filed for the flight conducted under 14 CFR part 91. In a telephone interview with a federal aviation administration (FAA) safety inspector, the pilot stated they flew to muncie, Indiana (mie), for practice landings, then flew to richmond, Indiana (rid), for another landing before returning to Dayton. The pilot stated the airplane was configured for landing on final approach to day and he expected "... A near perfect landing since the winds were calm." He said his next recollection was waking up in the hospital. In a telephone interview with the FAA inspector, the copilot stated his attention was inside the airplane as he announced "... Airspeed, etc..." To the pilot. He was not looking outside. The copilot said the power increased and the "..aircraft pitched up and rotated left like a VMC stall." He remembered hearing metal crunching and seeing the ground through the windshield. The airplane departed the left side of the landing runway and came to rest inverted. The airplane was subsequently moved to a secure facility on day for examination at a future date. (-23) owner/pilot made hard landing, bounced, lost control and crashed.