Dehavilland DHC-1 accident near Vonore, TN
On March 23, 2014, a Dehavilland DHC-1 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Vonore, TN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 23, 2014
- Place
- Vonore, TN
- Aircraft
- Dehavilland DHC-1 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.466°N, 84.010°W
- NTSB ID
- 20140324X21941
Official records · ERA14FA163
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn March 23, 2014, about 1330 eastern daylight time (EDT), a Dehavilland DHC-1, N540FM, impacted mountainous terrain near Vonore, Tennessee. The airline transport pilot was fatally injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was operated by the pilot. Day, visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from French Lick Municipal Airport (FRH), French Lick, Indiana, and was destined for Franklin County Airport (18A), Canon, Georgia. On the morning of the accident, at 0639, the pilot telephoned Lockheed Martin Flight Service and requested a visual flight rules weather briefing from Watertown, Wisconsin to Augusta, Georgia, for altitudes between 3,000 and 6,000 feet above mean sea level (msl). The briefer responded that there was "…a lot of weather…" and also reported that, from southern Kentucky to his destination, there was "some uh severe weather going there." Regarding instrument flight conditions, the briefer told the pilot that visual flight rules (VFR) flight was not recommended from southern Kentucky through Tennessee and into north Georgia. He also stated that there was an Airmet for mountain obscuration for the same portion of his flight until 1400. Toward the conclusion of the briefing, the pilot responded to the briefer, "Looks like I'm probably only gonna get get down to Kentucky and spend the night." According to personnel at FRH, the pilot landed at FRH about 1039 and purchased 30.8 gallons of 100 low lead aviation gasoline. The flight departed FRH a
Probable cause
The pilot’s continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.
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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.
