- Date
- August 2, 1988, 19:50 local (Aug 3, 1988, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Ashland City, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N223RDVan RV-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880802029919A
- Case key
- 7550
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,static
Altitude - inadequateCause
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Judgment - poorFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N223RD
- Reported as
- Van RV-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 436
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Konrad Michael Wiley
- Registered owner
- Konrad Wilay
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- TUNR · Nashville, TN
N223RDRegistration cancelled Oct 16, 1991 · Davis Ronald J SR RV-4Airframe modelDavis Ronald J SR RV-4
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 12 in this make and model · 73 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 18 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.