Piper PA-32RT-300 accident near Smithville, TN
On April 7, 1994, a Piper PA-32RT-300 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Smithville, TN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 7, 1994
- Place
- Smithville, TN
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32RT-300 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.950°N, 85.820°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X01021
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 6, 1994, about 2258 central daylight time, a Piper PA- 32RT-300, N9710C, collided with the ground during an uncontrolled descent. The airplane was operated as flight DEE 55 by Tennessee Air Corporation, Inc.(TACAIR), under 14 CFR Part 135 with a valid instrument flight clearance. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was destroyed, and the commercial rated pilot was fatally injured. The flight departed Knoxville, Tennessee, at 2205 hours and was enroute to Nashville, Tennessee. According to TACAIR flight operations personnel, the pilot arrived at operations at the appropriate time and completed the preflight planning for his scheduled flight to Knoxville, Tennessee. No operational or aircraft problems were reported by the pilot to flight operations. Flight operations personnel reported that the pilot used the commercial weather service for his initial weather information. At 1839:29, a man who identified himself as the pilot of TACAIR flight five five, telephoned Nashville Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) and requested a weather update for Nashville. The pilot told the briefer that he had received an earlier weather briefing from a commercial weather service. As requested, the pilot was given a weather update for Nashville. At 2000, DEE 55 departed Nashville. At 2014, 21 miles east of Nashville, the pilot radioed Nashville AFSS and reported that the cloud tops at his position were 6000 feet. The remainder of the flight to Knoxville was routine. At 2205, DEE 55 departed Knoxville, and 45 minutes into t
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO OBTAIN RECENT WEATHER INFORMATION TO AVOID FLIGHT INTO ICING CONDITIONS. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE: MANAGEMENT-INDUCED PRESSURE AND THE ICING CONDITIONS.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
