# NTSB Accident ERA14LA433
> **PIPER J3C 65** · 2014-09-10 · Carrol County, VA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA14LA433
- **Event ID:** 20140910X03205
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2014-09-10
- **Location:** Carrol County, VA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.636112, -80.720001
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** J3C 65
- **Registration:** N26105
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees during an emergency landing after encountering deteriorating weather conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s poor preflight weather planning, which resulted in an inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions.

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