# Accident 19740121001789A: Piper PA28R200, Melbourne, FL, January 21, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1974
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5296S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5296S-1974-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740121001789A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STOLEN SAME COLOR ACFT OBSVD CRASH INTO OCEAN.1 GR FOUND ACFT NOT RCVRD.INJURY,DMG PRESUMED.

## 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 MIA74AM062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM062), Jan 21, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N5296S), Melbourne, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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