# Accident 19731121040349A: Piper PA31, Grand Marais, MN, November 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1973
- Place: Grand Marais, MN
- Airport: Devils Track
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 47.8270° N, 90.3800° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Devil's Track Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8270&lon=-90.3800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7486L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,366 total, 23 in this make and model, 232 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DER24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731121040349A

## Narrative

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

ATC GAVE ALT SETTING .50 IN HI. MDA ON APCH PLATE LISTED 240 FT LOW. HIT TREES,CONT FLT & LND OK.

## 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 MKC74DER24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER24), Nov 21, 1973: Piper PA-31 (N7486L), Grand Marais, MN, substantial damage

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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