# Accident 19941204040439A: Piper PA28140, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, December 4, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1994, 06:05 local time
- Place: Fajardo, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Diego Jimenez Torres Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3333° N, 65.6576° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fajardo, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3333&lon=-65.6576&mi=10
- Aircraft: N404FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N404FL-1997-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 505 total, 177 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA95LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941204040439A

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE ON CLIMBOUT. CIRCLED. LOST POWER ON APPROACH. LANDED IN A MARSH SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 MIA95LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA034), Dec 4, 1994: Piper PA-28-140 (N404FL), Fajardo, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE MALFUNCTION OF A MAGNETO RESULTING IN A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER OVER UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.

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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