# Accident 20140323005269A: Dehavilland DHC-1, Vonore, TN, March 23, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2014, 13:30 local time
- Place: Vonore, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4658° N, 84.0103° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4658&lon=-84.0103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N540FM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N540FM-2018-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-1 (registry code 2801702, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 53 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14FA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140323005269A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF N540MF WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FROM WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN TO CANON, GA. THE PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT DURING WHICH HE WAS TOLD THAT VFR FLIGHT ALONG HIS PROPOSED ROUTE WAS NOT RECOMMENDED.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 1500'.  THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 ERA14FA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA163), Mar 23, 2014: Dehavilland DHC-1 (N540FM), Vonore, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

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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