# NTSB MKC69D0440: Piper PA-18A, N9066D, Downer, MN, May 5, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 5, 1969
- Place: Downer, MN · DOWNER, MN
- Location: 46.7541° N, 96.4870° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Downer, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7541&lon=-96.4870&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183320
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC69D0440
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69D0440

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1324   69/5/5    DOWNER,MINN         PIPER PA-18A        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 240
        TIME - 1730                    N9066D              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  FUMES IN CABIN
        REMARKS- LANDED ON ROAD TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF HOT OIL FUMES.HIT ROAD SIGN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9066D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9066D-1975-10-29), registration cancelled 1975-10-29, S/N 18-6431 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18A
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (registry code 7101828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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.

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