# Accident 19810717042609A: Piper PA28R200, Sweetwater, TN, July 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1981, 09:30 local time
- Place: Sweetwater, TN
- Airport: Monroe Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5452° N, 84.3804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE COUNTY (MNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5452&lon=-84.3804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8348C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8348C-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 121 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810717042609A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

VFR PILOT FLEW INTO TREES IN HILLY TERRAIN APPROACHING DESTINATIN.  LOW CEILING AND VISIBILITY. NO WEATHER BRIEF.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL81FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA097), Jul 17, 1981: Piper PA-28R (N8348C), Sweetwater, TN, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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