# Accident 19850528021239A: Piper PA34200T, Loxahatchee, FL, May 28, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1985, 19:30 local time
- Place: Loxahatchee, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7303° N, 80.3195° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7303&lon=-80.3195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3449Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,087 total, 21 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85FA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850528021239A

## Narrative

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

PILOT INTOXICATED WHILE FLYING, BUZZED SEVERAL SITES THEN HIT POWERLINES. WRECKAGE FOUND IN CANAL 3 DAYS LATER.

## 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 MIA85FA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA180), May 28, 1985: Piper PA-34 (N3449Q), Loxahatchee, FL, destroyed, 3 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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