# NTSB MKC71DDM22: Cessna U206D, N72285, So.St.Paul, MN, September 8, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 8, 1970
- Place: So.St.Paul, MN · SO.ST.PAUL, MN
- Location: 44.8880° N, 93.0405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South St. Paul, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8880&lon=-93.0405&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 22, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 137130
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC71DDM22
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC71DDM22

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3688   70/9/8    SO.ST.PAUL,MINN     CESSNA U206D        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 485
        TIME - 1340                    N72285              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 267 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FLEMING
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          INTL FALLS,MINN             SO.ST.PAUL,MINN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- PLT PREOCCUPIED BY ACFT THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY LND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N72285](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72285), registered now, S/N U206-1351, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206D
- Registry model: [Cessna U206D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206d) (registry code 2073342) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Fleming

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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