# NTSB Accident ERA13LA042
> **PIPER PA-32R-300** · 2012-10-28 · Sevierville, TN, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA13LA042
- **Event ID:** 20121028X71406
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-10-28
- **Location:** Sevierville, TN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.809165, -83.652221
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 3
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 5
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-32R-300
- **Registration:** N4478F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The air traffic controller’s failure to comply with the required vectoring and safety alert procedures, which resulted in the airplane’s flight into rising terrain. Contributing to the accident was the Federal Aviation Administration’s continued practice of using air traffic controllers who were performing required radar operational duties to supervise other controllers and the air traffic control facility’s culture of non-compliance with required procedures.

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