Piper J3 N21811

Summary

On 16 August 2024 at about 11:15 local time, a Piper J3 registered N21811 was involved in an accident near Mooresburg, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 August 2024 at 11:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Mooresburg, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Pvt

Coordinates

36.3592, -83.2271

Aircraft

Piper J3

Registration

N21811

Category

Airplane

Year built

1938

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA24LA346

1 person died.

The pilot’s intentional flight into a building as an act of suicide.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot departed from a private airstrip and overflew his property. The airplane subsequently impacted a barn adjacent to the airstrip. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the fuselage was mostly consumed by the postimpact fire that ensued. The pilot was fatally injured. An autopsy of the pilot was performed by the William L. Jenkins Forensic Center, Johnson City, Tennessee. The autopsy report listed the cause of death as blunt force injuries and the manner of death as suicide.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.