Mooney M20C N6898U

29 June 1974 · Crystal, Minnesota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 June 1974 at about 14:00 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N6898U, operated by Park Rapid Fly, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Crystal, Minnesota, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 June 1974 at 14:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Crystal, Minnesota, United States
Nearest airport: Crystal
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20C
Registration: N6898U
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Park Rapid Fly
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Park Rapids, Minn → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2947

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

HARD LNDG GR RETRACTED.LOCK NOT FULLY ENGD.GEAR IND LIGHT OUT OF ADJ.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2947, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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