# Accident 19890302029219A: Piper PA22135, Jacksonville, FL, March 2, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1989, 21:27 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Jacksonville International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4940° N, 81.6878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE INTL (JAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4940&lon=-81.6878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3243B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3243B-1991-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,094 total, 701 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890302029219A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON ILS APPROACH. NO MARKER BEACON OR GLIDE SLOPE INDICATOR. NO BIENNIAL OR REQUIRED RECENT IFR FLIGHTS

## 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 MIA89LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA097), Mar 3, 1989: Piper PA-22-135 (N3243B), Jacksonville, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: AN UNSTABILIZED INSTRUMENT APPROACH WHEREIN THE PILOT DESCENDED BELOW THE MDA. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDED AN INADEQUATELY EQUIPPED ACFT AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF RECENT INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE.

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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