- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: November 07, 2008
Time: 02:46
Location: Gainsville, Florida
Operator: Air Key West
Flight #: ?
Route: Key West - Gainsville, FL
AC Type: Partenavia SPA P68C
Registration: N681KW
cn / ln: 273
Aboard: 3   (passengers:2  crew:1)
Fatalities: 3   (passengers:2  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: The on-demand taxi was transporting a organ recipient and his wife. While attempting to land in below minimum conditions, the plane descended below the glide slope and crashed into trees about 4,100 feet from the runway threshold. The pilot's failure to maintain the proper gidepath during an ILS approach. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's decision to indicate the ILS approach with weather below the published minimums, and the pilot's self-induced pressure to expeditiously transport a organ recipient to a hospital.
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