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Piper Crash at Memphis International Airport


Pictured: A Piper PA-32RT-300T Turbo Lance II
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Contact photographer Roberto Gorini

What: Piper PA32RT-300 en route from Lewisburg, West Virginia to Memphis
Where: near the old National Guard site off Democrat Road, Memphis
When: November 29, 2009, 4:15 p.m
Who: 4 on board, one in critical condition
Why: On approach to the runway, the plane landed 1500-2000 feet short of the runway and caught fire. No cause is given, but it is under investigation by the FAA. Co-owner Emmett O’Ryan was pronounced dead at the scene.

UPDATE
The FAA confirms that O’Ryan was caught flying in 2007 in Olive Branch in an unsafe aircraft not meeting FAA standards. Records show the incident involved the same plane in this crash

The injured were transported by ambulance to the hospital. Three are non-critical.

Piloting the plane was businessman Emmett O’Ryan. Aboard was his daughter Ruth, his son Robert, and Robert’s friend Patrick Jenning.

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