# Accident 19941225048749A: Piper PA28161, Boca Raton, FL, December 25, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1994, 13:25 local time
- Place: Boca Raton, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3708° N, 80.1026° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boca Raton, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3708&lon=-80.1026&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5916V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5916V-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 504 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA95FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95FAMS1) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941225048749A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED WITH FULL TANKS FOR PURPORTED LOCAL FLIGHT. NOT HEARD, SEEN OR FOUND. BELEIVED DESTROYED AND A FATALITY.

## 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 MIA95FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95FAMS1), Dec 25, 1994: Piper PA-28-161 (N5916V), Missing, FL, destroyed, 1 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.

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