Piper PA-32-301 accident near Memphis, TN
On December 19, 1995, a Piper PA-32-301 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Memphis, TN. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 19, 1995
- Place
- Memphis, TN
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32-301 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.049°N, 89.860°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X05046
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 19, 1995, about 1311 central standard time, a Piper PA-32-301, N8349Z, registered to the pilot, crashed at Memphis, Tennessee, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the surface at the time and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed. The private-rated pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The flight last departed from Wichita Falls, Texas, the same day, about 0932. Transcripts of recorded communications indicate a person identifying himself as the pilot of N8349Z called the FAA, Fort Worth Automated Flight Service Station, on December 18, 1995, about 2146. This person asked for and received a weather briefing for the Wichita Falls, Texas area. This person then filed an instrument flight rules flight plan from Albany, Texas to Wichita Falls, for a 0730 departure on December 19, 1995. The person then asked for and received a weather briefing for a flight from Wichita Falls to Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 19, 1995. On December 19, 1995, about 0901, a person identifying himself as the pilot of N8349Z again contacted the FAA, Fort Worth Automated Flight Service Station. This person filed an instrument flight rules flight plan from Wichita Falls to Memphis, Tennessee, and another instrument flight rules flight plan from Memphis to Cincinnati, Ohio. The person asked for and received a weather briefing for the flights. He was told that there was a low pressure system over the route of flight and that there was an airmet all along the route of flight t
Probable cause
the pilot's continued flight into known forecast icing conditions which resulted in the aircraft developing an ice buildup, and the pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft. The icing conditions was a factor.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
