- Date
- May 21, 1981
- Place
- Owatonna, MN · OWATONNA, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18804Mcculloch J-2
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810521027859A
- Case key
- 125587
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1202 81/5/21 OWATONNA,MN MCCULLOCH J-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 67, 1157 TIME - 1943 N18804 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 93 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OWATONNA,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- THROTTLE CONDUIT FAILED ALLOWING CABLE TO BIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18804
- Reported as
- Mcculloch J-2
- Category
- Gyroplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.