Brainerd - Cloquet

On September 16, 1985 at 10:05 PM, Brainerd - Cloquet experienced a crash involving Rockwell Shrike Commander 500, operated by Potlatch Corporation, with the event recorded near Cloquet-Carlton County Minnesota.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot expected the weather to be below minimums but flew the approach anyway. He did not have a second pilot on board per company rules. The aircraft collided with trees about 3 miles from the approach end of runway 17. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N8139P, MSN 500-3265, year of manufacture 1975.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.7217°, -92.4614°.