# Accident 19861128062229A: Piper PA24250, Eloy, AZ, November 28, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 1986, 15:16 local time
- Place: Eloy, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7559° N, 111.5548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eloy, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7559&lon=-111.5548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5814P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 391 total, 89 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX87FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861128062229A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DIVED INTO GROUND ON CLEAR CALM DAY. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS, NO STALL. PILOT HAD SEVERE ARTERY DISEASE.

## 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 LAX87FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA055), Nov 28, 1986: Piper PA-24-250 (N5814P), Eloy, AZ, 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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