# Accident 19950112000609A: Piper PA28161, Spring City, TN, January 12, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1995, 12:00 local time
- Place: Spring City, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0506° N, 86.9708° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0506&lon=-86.9708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75PF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75PF-2013-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 287 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL95FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95FA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950112000609A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 ATL95FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95FA044), Jan 12, 1995: Piper PA-28-161 (N75PF), Spring City, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE 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.

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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