# NTSB Accident ERA09FA039
> **PARTENAVIA SPA P.68C** · 2008-11-07 · Gainesville, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA09FA039
- **Event ID:** 20081107X83550
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2008-11-07
- **Location:** Gainesville, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.683889, -82.249725
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PARTENAVIA SPA
- **Model:** P.68C
- **Registration:** N681KW
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## 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 weather below the published minimums, and the pilot's self-induced pressure to expeditiously transport an organ recipient to a hospital.

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