# NTSB Accident ATL03LA046
> **Beech A36** · 2003-02-18 · Morristown, TN, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ATL03LA046
- **Event ID:** 20030218X00231
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-02-18
- **Location:** Morristown, TN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.179164, -83.375274
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 3
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** A36
- **Registration:** N100DA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## 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.

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