# Accident 20090103000299A: Piper PA28151, Powder Springs, TN, January 3, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2009, 12:15 local time
- Place: Powder Springs, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2164° N, 83.6858° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2164&lon=-83.6858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43631, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43631-2017-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 116 total, 116 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090103000299A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SEVIERVILLE, TN AIRPORT (GKT) ON A PLANNED TRIP TO WARSAW, IN (ASW).  PILOT CLIPPED THE TREETOPS AND CRASHED INTO CLINCH MOUNTAIN.  APPROXIMATE COORDINATES OF THE ACCIDENT LOCATION ARE: 36 DEGREES, 13 MINUTES AND 56 SECONDS NORTH LATITUDE 83 DEGREES, 41 MINUTES AND 19 SECONDS WEST LONGITUDE.

## 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 ERA09LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA123), Jan 3, 2009: Piper PA-28-151 (N43631), Powder Springs, TN, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument rated pilot's decision to continue under visual flight rules into an area of instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N43631 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19861210075179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861210075179I), Dec 10, 1986: Piper PA28151 (N43631), Aurora, MO. Unscheduled landing after engine became rough and emitted a clanking sound. Found a broken exhaust valve.

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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