- Date
- January 24, 1987, 14:36 local (20:36 UTC)
- Place
- Memphis, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5814MCessna 310P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870124000949A
- Case key
- 7278
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported an engine problem inside the outer marker to runway 31. The acft impacted the ground in a nose low attitude. The wreckage examination failed to disclose any system malfunction or failure. The acft was destroyed by impact forces, and a post crash fire. A witness located at the arpt saw the acft falling from the bottom of a cloud in what was described as an uncontrolled descent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5814M
- Reported as
- Cessna 310P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0114
- Airframe hours
- 3,031
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-UO, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Young Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1986 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- LFT · Lafayette, LA
- Destination
- MEM · Memphis, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MEM · Memphis Int'L, runway 36L, 9,300 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 385 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.