ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296351
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| Date: | Saturday 14 December 2002 |
| Time: | 11:33 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-150 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5899W |
| MSN: | 28-2709 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2570 hours |
| Engine model: | Textron Lycoming O-320-E2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cashiers, North Carolina -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Nashville International Airport, TN (BNA/KBNA) |
| Greenville Downtown Airport, SC (GMU/KGMU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said he had just climbed to 9,000 feet, about 30 miles from Greenville, South Carolina, he saw the city in the distance. He said that after checking the automated terminal information service and noting that the cloud cover was reported as 5,000 feet scattered at the Greenville, South Carolina airport, he told the FAA Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center controller, who had been providing him with visual flight rules flight following service, that he would be initiating his descent in visual meteorological conditions. He said that was the last thing he remembered prior to the accident. According to the FAA inspector who responded to the scene of the accident, the airplane impacted snow covered White Side Mountain, near Cashiers, North Carolina, at about the 4,200-foot level.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight decision by which he conducted visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing factors were a low ceiling and mountainous terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA03LA029
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2022 19:34 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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