# Accident 20070402005089A: Piper PA28181, New Tazwell, TN, April 2, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2007, 08:45 local time
- Place: New Tazwell, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4056° N, 83.7506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4056&lon=-83.7506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30465, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30465-2008-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070402005089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WENT INADVERTENT IMC WHILE ENROUTE TO SEVIERVILLE, TN. WITNESS AT THE SCENE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT COME OUT OF OVERCAST AND GO BACK IN THE CLOUDS AGAIN. HE WAS THEN OBSERVED EXITING THE CLOUDS IN A NOSE LOW, RIGHT WING HIGH ATTITUDE. HE IMPACTED THE TREES WITH THE SAME ATTITUDE, BOTH WINGS WERE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT BY THE TREES. THE FUSELAGE CONTINUED ON IMPACTING DEAD TREES AND THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS KILLED ON IMPACT. NO MAINTENANCE ABNORMALITIES WERE FOUND ON THE AIRCRAFT AT THE SCENE.

## 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 ATL07LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA067), Apr 2, 2007: Piper PA28-181 (N30465), New Tazewell, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing to the accident was the non-instrument rated pilot's continued flight from visual meteorological conditions into instrument…

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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