- Date
- July 12, 1969
- Place
- Owatonna, MN · OWATONNA, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8181YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169941
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2343 69/7/12 OWATONNA,MINN PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 3000 TIME - 1400 N8181Y PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OWATONNA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8181Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Owatonna
N8181YRegistration cancelled Jan 27, 2026 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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