Feb 18, 2003
Accident
Substantial Morristown, TN
Injuries3 minor
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsIMC
OperationFAR 091
Probable Cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning/decision to initiate flight into known adverse weather conditions, resulting in the in-flight encounter with weather and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain. A factor was airplane performance deteriorated due to structural ice.
NTSB ATL03LA046