- Date
- November 13, 1988, 20:53 local (Nov 14, 1988, 01:53 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8342LPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19881113050499A
- Case key
- 32267
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Drg a ngt arrival, the plt requested a special VFR clnc to the arpt & was adzd that the wx was partially obscured, vis was 1 mi with fog & the wind was calm. As he contd the apch, all flts were adzd the vis had dropped to 1/2 mi. The plt requested clnc for an ILS rwy 7 apch. After being clrd for the apch, he was adzd the RVR was '2000 touchdown . . . Mid- point 1000 & rollout 1600.' Contact with the acft was lost as it apchd the arpt. Later, the acft was fnd where it had collided with trees & crashed aprx 1400 ft left of the rwy & 500 ft past the threshold. An inv revealed that initial impact was in a lvl attitude. An exam of the acft revealed the flaps were fully retracted & the throttle was full open. Prop damage indcd there was rotation at high RPM during impact. Records showed the acft had an inop turn coordinator. No other part failure or malfunction was evident. A check of the wt & balance info showed that when the acft crashed, it was aprx 55 lbs over the max gross wt limitation & the center-of-gravity (CG) was aprx .5 inch behind the aft limit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8342L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-81901170
- Airframe hours
- 3,819
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Taj Fbo Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 7, 1988 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- SSI · Brunswick, GA
- Destination
- JAX · Jacksonville, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JAX · Jacksonville Int'L, runway 7, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,580 total · 50 in this make and model · 1,411 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 3 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.