# NTSB FTW84FA014: Cessna 195B, N3048B, Alanreed, TX, October 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 8, 1983, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Alanreed, TX
- Coordinates: 35.229408, -100.599128 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2294&lon=-100.5991&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21069
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84FA014
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21069/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA014

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, climb
  - in-flight briefing service - not obtained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, climb
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - altitude - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3048B-2014-09-10), registration cancelled 2014-09-10, S/N 7931 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195B
- Registry model: [Cessna 195B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195b) (registry code 2073112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7931
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831008055299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831008055299A), Oct 8, 1983: Cessna 195B, Alanreed, TX, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed into guy wires bracing a microwave tower in instrument meteorological conditions.

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.

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