# Accident 19881113050499A: Piper PA28181, Jacksonville, FL, November 13, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1988, 20:53 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Jacksonville International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TAJA
- Location: 30.5071° N, 81.6952° 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=30.5071&lon=-81.6952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8342L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8342L-1991-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,580 total, 50 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881113050499A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON NIGHT IFR MISSED APPROACH IN IMC THAT WAS BELOW MINIMUMS. AIRCRAFT WAS ALSO OVER GROSS WEIGHT.

## 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 MIA89FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA033), Nov 14, 1988: Piper PA-28-181 (N8342L), Jacksonville, FL, destroyed, 4 fatal

## Other reports on N8342L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880718032049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880718032049I), Jul 18, 1988: Piper PA28181 (N8342L), Brunswick, GA, Minor damage. Struck a parked aircraft while taxiing on the ramp. Blamed moisture on windshield and the sun obscured his vision.

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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