# Accident 19940710018159A: Piper PA34200, Gulf Of Mexico, TX, July 10, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1994, 08:54 local time
- Place: Gulf Of Mexico, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N55120, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55120-1996-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 501 total, 132 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW94FA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940710018159A

## Narrative

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

VFR FLIGHT NOT ADVISED. FLEW ANYWAY. FLEW INTO THUNDERSTORM. LOST CONTROL. AIRFRAME FAILED. PIECES FOUND IN GULF.

## 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 FTW94FA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA226), Jul 10, 1994: Piper PA-34-200 (N55120), Gulf Of Mexico, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER. FACTORS WERE THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE PILOT'S DISREQARD FOR THE FORECASTED ADVERSE WEATHER.

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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