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ERA24LA346

2024-08-16 · Mooresburg, Tennessee, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

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

Factual 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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Personnel issues-Miscellaneous-Intentional act-Suicide-Pilot

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2024_ERA24LA346.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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