# Accident 20060720020029A: Arostr RX8, Dodge Center, MN, July 20, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2006, 19:02 local time
- Place: Dodge Center, MN
- Airport: Dodge Center Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0396° N, 92.9893° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0396&lon=-92.9893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3639Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3639Q-2013-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar International RX 8 (registry code 7487008, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-international-rx-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AROSTR RX8
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,073 total, 43 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060720020029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) BALLOON N3639Q DEPARTED DODGE CENTER, MN (KTOB) AT 19:02 CDT. N3639Q FIRST CONTACTED A FENCE WHILE MANEUVERING TO LAND ON A ROAD 2 MILES SE OF THE TAKEOFF SITE. GONDOLA CONTACTED AN EMBANKMENT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BROKEN ANKLE WHEN THE GONDOLA HIT THE EMBANKMENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 CHI06LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA208), Jul 21, 2006: Aerostar International RX 8 (N3639Q), Claremont, MN, no damage. Probable cause: The procedure not followed by the passenger during landing and the inadequate supervision of the passenger by the pilot during landing. A contributing factors were the barbed wire fence.

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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