# Accident 19940724019159A: Piper PA60601, Palm Beach, FL, July 24, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1994, 15:07 local time
- Place: Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6948° N, 80.0419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6948&lon=-80.0419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63317, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63317-1995-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601 (registry code 8360606, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601
- Reported engine: LYC IO540P1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA94LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940724019159A

## Narrative

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

SMOKE AND HEAT FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL. TURNED OF MASTER. SMOKE INCREASED. DITCHED NEAR A BOAT. PROBLEM UNDETERMINED.

## 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 MIA94LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA182), Jul 24, 1994: Smith, Ted Aerostar Aerostar 601 (N63317), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed. Probable cause: AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHORT 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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