# Accident 19940117000449A: Piper PA28180, West Palm Beach, FL, January 17, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1994, 10:17 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach County Park Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5550° N, 79.9978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5550&lon=-79.9978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2338T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2338T-2014-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 454 total, 211 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA94LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940117000449A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER AFTER DEPARTURE. DITCHED IN OCEAN. AIRCRAFT SANK. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF REPORTED POWER LOSS.

## 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 MIA94LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA056), Jan 17, 1994: Piper PA-28-180 (N2338T), Boynton Beach, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

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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