# Accident 19921227051869A: Piper PA28R201, Jacksonville, FL, December 27, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1992, 20:19 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3467° N, 81.5028° 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=30.3467&lon=-81.5028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3620M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3620M-1995-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 244 total, 50 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921227051869A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO TREES ON MISSED APPROACH. DESCENDED BELOW DH. HAD LOW IFR TIME ON RECENT IFR RATING.

## 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 MIA93FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93FA038), Dec 28, 1992: Piper PA-28R-201 (N3620M), Jacksonville, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN AN ADEQUATE CLIMB RATE DURING THE MISSED APPROACH IN IMC CONDITIONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S SPATIAL DISORIENTATION.

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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