19950112000609A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Spring City, TN · January 12, 1995

Date: January 12, 1995 · 12:00 local
Place: Spring City, TN
Phase of flight: Scud Running
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N75PF
NTSB investigation: NTSBATL95FA044
Reported as: Piper PA28161
Reported engine: Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 287 total100 in this make and model

N75PFRegistration cancelled Jul 18, 2013 · Piper PA-28-161S/N 28-8116232 · Built 1981 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Struck trees just below a mountain ridge. Low ceiling and fog in area.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TREES JUST BELOW A MOUNTAIN RIDGE. LOW CEILING AND FOG IN AREA.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB ATL95FA044Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportSpring City, TNThe pilot's inadequate preflight planning, and his continued VFR flight into instrument weather conditions which resulted in the collision with the mountain. A factor was low ceilings.Jan 12, 1995 · Destroyed