# Accident 19940407000199A: Piper PA31350, Elizabethton, TN, April 7, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1994, 08:10 local time
- Place: Elizabethton, TN
- Airport: Elizabethton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BSBA
- Location: 36.3296° N, 82.2308° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3296&lon=-82.2308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64LB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64LB-1997-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL94FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94FA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940407000199A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES BELOW CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN TOP. HAD CANCELLED IFR FOR VISUAL APPROACH. ICING REPORTED IN CLOUDS.

## 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 ATL94FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94FA076), Apr 7, 1994: Piper PA-31-350 (N64LB), Elizabethton, TN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S ATTEMPTED VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER ALTITUDE OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. FACTORS WERE THE CLOUDS AND OBSCURATION AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.

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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