Piper PA-28-180 N8366W

Summary

On 6 February 1983 at about 02:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N8366W, operated by Mid-Tennessee Flying Club, was involved in an accident near Lascassas, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 February 1983 at 02:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lascassas, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Murfreesboro (MBT)

Coordinates

35.9396, -86.2901

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N8366W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mid-Tennessee Flying Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Murfreesboro → Huntington

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL83FA099

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED IN A FIELD ABOUT 8 MILES AFTER A NIGHT TAKEOFF IN IMC WEATHER. NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED SEVERAL BRIEFINGS. DURING HIS FINAL BRIEFING THE POSSIBILITY OF ICING WAS DISCUSSED. THE TAKEOFF TIME WAS ABOUT2030 HRS. THE NASHVILLE WEATHER OBSERVATION AT 2026 REPORT A CEILING OF 300 FT AND VISIBILITY OF 2 MILES IN SNOW AND FOG. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA REPORTED THAT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WERE FALLING WHEN THE CRASH WAS HEARD. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED IN THE CRASH AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.