- Date
- November 21, 1973
- Place
- Grand Marais, MN · GRAND MARAIS, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7486LPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731121040349A
- Case key
- 187813
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4027 73/11/21 NR.GRAND MARAIS,MINN PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1305 N7486L PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 37, 1366 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 23 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDEN PRAIRIE,MINN GRAND MARAIS,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT PERSONNEL - AIRWAYS FACILITIES PERSONNEL: OTHER FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ATC GAVE ALT SETTING .50 IN HI. MDA ON APCH PLATE LISTED 240 FT LOW. HIT TREES,CONT FLT & LND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7486L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Devils Track
FAA reports on this event · 1
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