# Accident 19850406011059A: Piper PA31, Nantucket, MA, April 6, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1985, 18:15 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket Memorial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WRWA
- Location: 41.2645° N, 70.0484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2645&lon=-70.0484&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68DD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 390 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC85FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850406011059A

## Narrative

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

ON THE ILS APPROACH, ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE WITH A LOSS IN AIRSPEED. DESCENDED INTO TREES AND BURNED.

## 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 NYC85FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA099), Apr 6, 1985: Piper PA-31-310 (N68DD), Nantucket, MA, 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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