# Accident 19990830025499A: Piper PA24, Minneapolis, MN, August 30, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1999, 11:45 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9206° N, 93.4010° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9206&lon=-93.4010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6606P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6606P-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,761 total, 528 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA315) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990830025499A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON AUGUST 30, 1999, AT 1145 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-24, N6606P, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 27R (3,599 FEET BY 75 FEET, DRY/ASPHALT) AT THE FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT, EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE FOND DU LAC COUNTY AIRPORT, FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN, AT TIME UNKNOWN AND WAS EN ROUTE TO THE FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT. AT A POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION, THE AIRPLANE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED UNDER ITS OWN POWER WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUPPORTED ON JACKS.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               (.4)ON AUGUST 30, 1999, AT 1145 CDT, A PIPER PA-24-180, N6606P, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 27R (3,599 FEET BY 75 FEET, DRY/ASPHALT) AT THE FLYING CLOUD AIRPROT, EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDE THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS ON A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE FOND DU LAC COUNTY AIRPORT, FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN, ABOUT 1000 AND WAS EN ROUTE TO THE FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT.  IN A WRITTEN STATMENT, TEH PILOT SAID THAT HE "FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN."  AT A POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION, THE AIRPLANE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED UNDER ITS OWN POWER WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUPPORTED ON JACKS.

## 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 CHI99LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA315), Aug 30, 1999: Piper PA-24-180 (N6606P), Eden Prairie, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to follow the landing checklist and his failure to extend the landing gear.

## Other reports on N6606P (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20021104037629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021104037629A), Nov 4, 2002: Piper PA24 (N6606P), Fond Du Lac, WI, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On nov 4, 2002, at approximately 1735 central standard time, a Piper PA24, N6606P hit a power line, about 2.2 miles south of the Fond Du Lac airport,…
- [Incident 19780704042089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780704042089I), Jul 4, 1978: Piper PA24 (N6606P), Saginaw, MI, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently retracted landing gear on rollout. No gear malfunction found.

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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