# Accident 19940919028329A: Piper PA23250, San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 19, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1994, 08:42 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6844Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6844Y-2014-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA94FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94FAMS2) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940919028329A

## Narrative

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

ATC LOST RADAR CONTACT WITH N6844Y OVER CARIBBEAN. BECAME MISSING. THUNDERSTORM IN AREA. INCOMPLETE REPORT.

## 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 MIA94FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94FAMS2), Sep 19, 1994: Piper PA-23-250 (N6844Y), Missing, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: UNDETERMINED.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.