# NTSB MKC75FER31: Piper PA-20, N690K, Cloquet, MN, December 1, 1974

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 1, 1974
- Place: Cloquet, MN · CLOQUET, MN
- 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
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 19, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 144926
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC75FER31
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FER31

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4169   74/12/1   CLOQUET,MINN        PIPER PA-20         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 771
        TIME - 1400                    N690K               PX-  0  0  3  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOQUET CO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DULUTH,MINN                 CLOQUET,MINN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
        REMARKS- VERTICAL BUSHING IN TAILWHEEL WORN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N690K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Cloquet Co

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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