# Accident 19791125011589A: Piper PA31, Jacksonville, FL, November 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1979, 19:03 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20KA-1980-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,579 total, 460 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FLA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLA08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791125011589A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HIT TREE-TOPS THEN GROUND IN CLEAR ZONE AREA FOR RWY 31 ON VOR APPROACH. FACTOR;PILOT SKILL, DESCENT BELOW MINIMUMS

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA80FLA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLA08), Nov 25, 1979: Piper PA-31 (N20KA), Jacksonville, FL, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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