# Accident 19730526015449A: Piper PA23, Cloquet, MN, May 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1973
- Place: Cloquet, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 46.7216° N, 92.4594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cloquet, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7216&lon=-92.4594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4330Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4330Y-1973-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-235 (registry code 7102306, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 228 total, 25 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73AK070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730526015449A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PLT ADVSD WEA ALONG ROUTE VFR EXCEPT FOR DULUTH AREA,17 MI NE OF ACCDT SITE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC73AK070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK070), May 26, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N4330Y), Cloquet, MN, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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