- Date
- October 8, 1983, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Alanreed, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3048BCessna 195B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831008055299A
- Case key
- 21069
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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
A recovered flt log indicated a route of flt via tulsa, OK; klahoma city,OK; sayre,OK; amarillo, TX; then tucumcari,NM. While taxiing for takeoff at the departure arpt, the plt received a wx briefing along the route to Oklahoma city. The accident site was 44 mi east of amarillo. Witnesses reported wx as foggy with light rain or drizzle. The acft impacted a microwave tower guy wire about 250 ft AGL. The tower is marked on the dallas-ft worth sectional chart. The plt had held a plt's license since 1944, however he was refused a medical certificate on 10/20/81. Insulin, syringes, & other prescription medicine was found in the plt's pockets & luggage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3048B
- Reported as
- Cessna 195B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7931
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-B2, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael J. Speshock
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 20, 1982
- Departed
- HAR · Harrison, AR
- Destination
- TCC · Tucumcari, NM
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.