Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT): Piper J3C-65 Cub, N21811, fatal accident occurred on August 16, 2024, near Mooresburg, Tennessee

• Location: Mooresburg, Tennessee
• Accident Number: ERA24LA346 
• Date & Time: August 16, 2024, 07:15 Local 
• Registration: N21811 Aircraft: Piper J3 
• Aircraft Damage: Substantial 
• Defining Event: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT) 
• Injuries: 1 Fatal
•  Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal 

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.

- Probable Cause: The pilot’s intentional flight into a building as an act of suicide.

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