# Accident 19890217002169A: Cessna 320E, Gainesville, FL, February 17, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1989, 17:00 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7008° N, 82.0491° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7008&lon=-82.0491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3488Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3488Q-1991-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890217002169A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO TREES ON VECTOR FOR APPROACH.

## 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 MIA89FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA088), Feb 17, 1989: Cessna 320E (N3488Q), Melrose, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO COMPLY PROMPTLY WITH ATC INSTRUCTIONS AND HIS LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION.

## Other reports on N3488Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19840118002559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840118002559I), Jan 18, 1984: Cessna 320 (N3488Q), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Uneven power application on takeoff caused a swerve. Elected to takeoff. Nose gear hit snowbank. Collapsed landing.

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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