- Date
- January 24, 1984, 19:31 local (Jan 25, 1984, 01:31 UTC)
- Place
- Memphis, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N46RSPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840124004049A
- Case key
- 6320
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft struck a powerline and crashed 1.5 mi south of Memphis airport while on a ILS localizer app to rwy 36R. The wx at the time of acc was ceiling 200 ft, visibility 3/4 mile with fog. The acft was equipped with a VOR localizer, but no glide sloop indicator.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46RS
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3944
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roland D. Spaniol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- PAH · Paducah, KY
- Destination
- MEM · Mehphis, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MEM · Memphis Intern., runway 36R, 8,400 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,253 total · 710 in this make and model · 26 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.