# Accident 19800928048429A: Piper PA23250, Delray Beach, FL, September 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1980, 21:30 local time
- Place: Delray Beach, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.4559° N, 80.0904° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Delray Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4559&lon=-80.0904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14403, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14403-2013-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800928048429A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED INTO SWAMP AT NIGHT TRYING TO ELUDE CHASE AIRPLANE. ILLEGAL DRUG FLIGHT. PILOT NOT RATED, STUDENT ONLY.

## 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 MIA80FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA113), Sep 28, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N14403), Delray Beach, FL, destroyed, 2 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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