# Accident 19881120051409A: Cessna 340A, Oxford, CT, November 20, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1988, 18:20 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N468CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N468CM-1989-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,092 total, 25 in this make and model, 312 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881120051409A

## Narrative

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

ON ILS APPROACH STRUCK TREES. DESCENDED BELOW DH. RAIN AND TURBULENCE WERE FACTORS. STALL WARNING HEARD PRIOR CRASH

## 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 NYC89LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA034), Nov 20, 1988: Cessna 340 (N468CM), Oxford, CT, destroyed. Probable cause: COLLISION WITH TREES AND TERRAIN DUE TO THE PILOT EXCEEDING APPROACH MINIMUM ALTITUDE DURING AN ILS APPROACH.

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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