# Accident 19910424016799A: Piper PA24260, FL, April 24, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1991
- Place: FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8938P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8938P-1994-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,310 total, 1,125 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA91FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91FAMS1) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910424016799A

## Narrative

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

BECAME MISSING AFTER DEPARTING  THE MELBOURNE,FLORIDA,AREA AT 1635 DST. NO TRACE OF AIRCRAFT OR PILOT SINCE.

## 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 MIA91FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91FAMS1), Apr 24, 1991: Piper PA-24-260 (N8938P), Missing, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: UNDETERMINED.

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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