# Accident 20050506007899A: Amtr JODELD9, Memphis, TN, May 6, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2005, 12:40 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: General Dewitt Spain Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2006° N, 90.0539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2006&lon=-90.0539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5164J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5164J-2012-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Earnest Ralph D JODEL D-9 (registry code 05620RW, https://openairdocs.org/model/earnest-ralph-d-jodel-d-9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR JODELD9
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 404 total, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050506007899A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL05LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA078), May 6, 2005: Earnest Jodel D-9 (N5164J), Memphis, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed resulting in a stall and subsequent undershoot.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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