# NTSB MIA72AM077: Piper PA-23, N5638Y, Memphis, TN, February 2, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 2, 1972
- Place: Memphis, TN · MEMPHIS, TN
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 7, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165462
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA72AM077
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72AM077

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1520   72/2/2    MEMPHIS,TENN        PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 56, 3191
        TIME - 1838                    N5638Y              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1530 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MEMPHIS INTL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BIRMINGHAM,ALA              MEMPHIS,TENN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- CRASHED IN WOODS 1/2 MI R AND 1/2 MI SHORT OF RWY 35R CENTERLINE EXTENSION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5638Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5638Y-1972-03-22), registration cancelled 1972-03-22, S/N 27-2752, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Memphis Intl

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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