Accident: Piper PA-28RT-201T
Apr 21, 2021 · Brownsville, TN
NTSB numberERA21FA189Event id20210421102954
- 2
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The student pilot’s continued visual flight rules flight into night instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a rapid uncontrolled descent into terrain. Contributing to the accident were the self-induced and external pressures that likely influenced the pilot’s decision to both initiate and continue the flight.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28RT-201T
- Registration
- N4303G
- Year built
- 1983
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Enroute-descent VFR encounter with IMC
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