THE DTSB
the DTSB determines the Probable Cause of this accident to be Pilot Suicide.
Key facts
- DateAugust 16, 2024
- Local time7:15 AM
- LightDay
- WeatherVMC
- Phase of flightApproach
- People on board1
- Fatalities1
- NTSB numberERA24LA346
- NTSB statusUnder investigation
Accident Location
- City, State
- Mooresburg, Tennessee
- Latitude
- 36.358018
- Longitude
- -83.228771
Aircraft Info
- N Number
- N21811
- Make
- Piper
- Model
- J-3
- Category / Class
- Aircraft Single Engine Land
- Amateur Built
- No
Pilot Info
- Pilot in command
- Bloomquist, Scott
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Certification
- None
- IFR rating
- No
- Medical
- None
- Flight school
- No
- Instructional flight
- No
Analysis
- Weather
- VMC
- Time of day
- Day
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Pilot error
- Yes
- Pilot incapacitation
- No
- People on board
- 1
- PIC fatality
- 1
- Total fatalities
- 1
- NTSB number
- ERA24LA346
- NTSB travel
- No
- AQP category
- 10b) SUICIDE →
Probable Cause
NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot’s intentional flight into a building as an act of suicide.
Recommendation
THE DTSB
The DTSB recommends all pilots of all aircraft be aware of and observant of fellow airman difficulties, and offer to help if able.
There is likely not anything that anyone could have done to prevent this accident.
NTSB
None issued. NTSB recommendations are rare and usually tied to high-profile accidents.
See the NTSB Recommendation Tracker →