# Accident 19940619018789A: Piper PA23250, Miami, FL, June 19, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1994, 11:30 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5333Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5333Y-2012-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,046 total, 600 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA94LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940619018789A

## Narrative

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

SPOTTED BOAT PEOPLE WAVING. FLEW LOW TO DROP A RADIO AND HIT SHIPMAST. DIVERTED TO MARATHON FLORIDA.

## 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 MIA94LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA161), Jun 19, 1994: Piper PA-23-250 (N5333Y), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain a visual outlook and a safe altitude while making a low pass over a boat, resulting in an in-flight collision with the boat mast.

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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