# Accident 20081107856859A: Parten P68C, Gainesville, FL, November 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2008, 03:43 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: F33A
- Location: 29.6839° N, 82.2497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6839&lon=-82.2497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N681KW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N681KW-2017-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Partenavia P.68C (registry code 6780105, https://openairdocs.org/model/partenavia-p-68c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 (registry code 41576, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PARTEN P68C
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 8,300 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081107856859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROXIMATELY 03:45 AM WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 29 AT GAINESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, A PARTENAVIA P68C, REGISTRATION NUMBER N681KW, OWNED AND OPERATED BY FLORIDA AERO CHARTER INC, (DBA AIR KEY WEST), CRASHED INTO A WOODED AREA, AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.  INITIAL INDICATIONS REVEALED THAT AIRCRAFT CONTACTED TREES APPROXIMATLEY 3/4 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 29 AT GAINESVILLE, FL AND BEGAN TO BREAK UP.  WINGS, OUTBOARD OF BOTH ENGINE NACELLES, BROKE APART FROM AIRCRAFT AND LANDED APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET PAST INITIAL CONTACT WITH TREES.  AIRCRAFT CROSSED NORTHEAST 39TH AVENUE, CONTINUED TO BREAK UP, STRIKING TREES DURING DESCENT, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND 800 FEET PAST INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE TREES.  POST IMPACT FIRE CONSUMED ENTIRE FUSELAGE.  ALL PERSONS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND WERE DISCOVERED WITHIN WRECKAGE.

## 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 ERA09FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA039), Nov 7, 2008: Partenavia P.68C (N681KW), Gainesville, FL, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper glidepath during an instrument-landing-system (ILS) approach. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's decision to initiate the ILS approach with…

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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