What happened
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(-23) On may 6, 2005, about 1240 central daylight time, an earnest jodel D-9, amateur-built experimental airplane, N5164J registered to co-owners privacy data omitted and operated by the pilot privacy data omitted collided into the ground during approach to General Dewitt Spain Airport, Memphis Tennessee. Witness stated that the aircraft was very slow and low, approximate 200 feet on the approach to runway 34. As the aircraft was turning final to runway 34, the nose was very high, the left wing very low, the aircraft spurned to the left and dove straight into the ground. The aircraft struck the ground nose down approximately 500 feet from the threshold of runway 34 and came to rest with the fuselage on its back, separated from its wings perpendicular to the runway toward the east. The pilot received fatal injuries and the aircraft was destroyed.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON MAY 6, 2005, ABOUT 1240 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EARNEST JODEL D-9, AMATEUR-BUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, N5164J REGISTERED TO CO-OWNERS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ COLLIDED INTO THE GROUND DURING APPROACH TO GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN AIRPORT, MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS VERY SLOW AND LOW, APPROXIMATE 200 FEET ON THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 34. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING FINAL TO RUNWAY 34, THE NOSE WAS VERY HIGH, THE LEFT WING VERY LOW, THE AIRCRAFT SPURNED TO THE LEFT AND DOVE STRAIGHT INTO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND NOSE DOWN APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 34 AND CAME TO REST WITH THE FUSELAGE ON ITS BACK, SEPARATED FROM ITS WINGS PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY TOWARD THE EAST. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.
NTSB investigation
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