# Accident 20030217037659A: Beech A36, Morristown, TN, February 17, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2003, 20:45 local time
- Place: Morristown, TN
- Airport: Moore-Murrell Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1792° N, 83.3753° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1792&lon=-83.3753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100DA-2006-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 780 total, 100 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030217037659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SUBJECT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CLEARWATER, FL AT 2127Z BOUND FOR MORRISTOWN, TN AFTER FILING AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. PILOT STATED THAT AFTER PASSING SNOWBIRD VOF INBOUND FOR MOR AT 8100' THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PICK UP LIGHT RIME ICE. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO 5100', THE PILOT OBSERVED CLEAR ICE DEVELOPING. THE PILOT CONTINUED HIS DESCENT AND REALIZED THAT HE COULD NOT STOP HIS 500'/MIN SINK RATE. HE DID NOT LOWER HIS LANDING GEAR OR EXTEND THE FLAPS IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP HIS AIRSPEED UP IN HOPES OF REACHING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A SHALLOW ANGLE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 5 AND SKIDDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS BEFORE IMPACTING A TREE WITH THE LEFT WING, THEN IMPACTING A BRICK PLANT ENTRANCE SIGN, WHERE IT CAME TO REST. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE WRECKAGE AND ASSIST THE PASSENGER SEATED IN THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT TO SAFETY. THE PASSENGER IN THE COPILOT'S SEAT WAS MORE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND WAS NOT REMOVED FROM WRECKAGE UNTIL EMS PERSONNEL ARRIVED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DESTROYED.

## 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 ATL03LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA046), Feb 18, 2003: Beech A36 (N100DA), Morristown, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning/decision to initiate flight into known adverse weather conditions, resulting in the in-flight encounter with weather and subsequent in-flight collision with…

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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