# Accident 20220531021249A: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Memphis, TN, May 31, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2022, 08:30 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: General Dewitt Spain
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1864° N, 90.1151° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1864&lon=-90.1151&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162KG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N162KG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,675 total, 380 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220531021249A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN AIRPORT (M01) AT 0732 CDT. THE PILOT WAS A 62 YEAR OLD MALE WITH MORE THAN 8675 TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS AND NO PASSENGERS. TOTAL TIME ON THE AIRCRAFT IS APPROXIMATELY. 1600HRS WITH LESS THAN 50 ON THE OVERHAULED ENGINE.

AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 THE PILOT REPORTED HAVING CHEST PAIN TO ATC AND REQUESTED A DIRECT HEADING TO GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT PATH SHOWS SEVERAL DEVIATIONS FROM STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN AIRPORT.

AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES ATC ASKED THE PILOT IF HE NEEDED ASSISTANCE AND OFFERED TO GIVE HEADING TO MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL WHERE AID COULD BE GIVEN. THE PILOT ACCEPTED AND TURNED RIGHT TOWARD MEM.

THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT AT IMPACT WAS SSE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND AT A STEEP ANGLE AS ESTABLISHED BY THE CONDENSED DEBRIS FIELD. THE MAIN WRECKAGE WAS FOUND 85? FROM THE FIRST GROUND STRIKE, INVERTED, FACING OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. THE IMPACT SEPARATED THE ENGINE FROM THE FIREWALL BUT REMAINED WITH THE AIRCRAFT CONNECTED TO CABLES AND HOSES. THE COCKPIT FLOOR WAS CRUSHED UP AND AFT CAUSING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT TO ACCORDION INTO THE EMPENNAGE. THE DEBRIS FIELD WAS APPROXIMATELY 85 FEET LONG WITH SMALL ITEMS SCATTERED IN THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT AND ENDING AT THE INVERTED AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE OR EVIDENCE OF THE WING FUEL TANKS BEING BREACHED. AFTER ERECTING THE AIRCRAFT, THE TANKS WERE FOUND TO BE NEARLY FULL OF FUEL.

ALL CONTROL SURFACES WERE VERIFIED AS OPERATIONAL.

## 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 CEN22FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA217), May 31, 2022: Cessna 162 (N162KG), Memphis, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Pilot incapacitation due to an acute cardiac event.

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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