# Accident 19990502046689A: Piper PA24260, Juneau, AK, May 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1999, 12:15 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.5798° N, 134.7700° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.5798&lon=-134.7700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8694P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8694P-1999-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC99FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99FAMS1) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990502046689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 2, 1999 ABOUT 1215 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, DAVID MCKENZIE AND A PASSENGER IN A PA-24-260 WERE REPORTED AS MISSING AND PRESUMED TO HAVE CRASHED IN THE VICINITY OF BRIDGET POINT NEAR JUNEAU ALASKA. WEATHER WAS MARGINAL WITH SNOW, FOG, AND LOW CLOUDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE LAST KNOWN REPORT FROM THE MISSING AIRCRAFT. TO DATE NO WRECKAGE HAS BEEN FOUND AND NO BODIES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED.

## 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 ANC99FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99FAMS1), May 2, 1999: Piper PA-24-260 (N8694P), Juneau, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined. Missing aircraft.

## Other reports on N8694P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19891014055179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891014055179I), Oct 14, 1989: Piper PA24260 (N8694P), Rancho Calif, CA, Minor damage. While practicing touch and go landings, pilot forgot to lower landing gear and landed with gear up.

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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