# Accident 19940118000579A: Piper PA28180, Borrego Springs, CA, January 18, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1994, 15:55 local time
- Place: Borrego Springs, CA
- Airport: Borrego Valley Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1707° N, 116.2701° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1707&lon=-116.2701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56811, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56811-2013-04-23) (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: 109 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940118000579A

## Narrative

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

RENTED AIRCRAFT. PILOT SEEN TO BAIL OUT. AIRCRAFT CRASHED. PILOT MISSING . ADVISED WIFE HE WAS COMMITTING SUICIDE.

## 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 LAX94LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA098), Jan 18, 1994: Piper PA-28-180 (N56811), Borrego Springs, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INTENTIONAL DECISION TO ABANDON THE AIRPLANE AND ALLOW IT TO FLY UNATTENDED.

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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