# Accident 20240816013359A: Piper J3C-65, Mooresburg, TN, August 16, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2024, 07:50 local time
- Place: Mooresburg, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3592° N, 83.2271° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3592&lon=-83.2271&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21811 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C-65
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA346](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA346) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240816013359A

## Narrative

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

ON 8/16/24 THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED A PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP, MADE A LAP AROUND THE PROPERTY AND IMPACTED A BARN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARTIALLY CONSUMED IN A POST CRASH FIRE. ENGINE SEPERATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS LOCATED ON THE SECOND STORY OF THE BARN. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED MOSTLY INTACT. FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED. WITNESSES STATED THE PILOT TOLD THEM HE WAS GOING TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE BARN. A SHORT TIME LATER THEY HERD THE AIRCRAFT CRASH INTO THE BARN.

## 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 ERA24LA346](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA346), Aug 16, 2024: Piper J3 (N21811), Mooresburg, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s intentional flight into a building as an act of suicide.

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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