# Accident 20190228022469A: Piper PA-32-260, Palm Beach, FL, February 28, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2019, 13:52 local time
- Place: Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6594° N, 79.6881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6594&lon=-79.6881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1563X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1563X-2019-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,506 total, 810 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19TA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190228022469A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED FPR FOR GREAT HARBOR CAY, BAHAMAS.  FLIGHT FOLLOWING WITH ATC.  CLEARED TO CLIMB TO 7500'  AT APPROX. 3700' PILOT REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE, REPORTED RETURNING WITH TURN WEST.  BOOST PUMP ON, CARB HEAT ON AND SWITCHING TANKS RESULT NO INPROVMENT.  ENGINE STOPPED. DITCHED AT SEA. APPROXIMATELY O65 RADIAL OF PBI  25NM.  COAST GUARD MARKED WITH SMOKE AND PALM BEACH SHERIFFS OFFICE BOAT PICKED UP PILOT.  AIRCRAFT SUNK.

## 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 ERA19TA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA111), Feb 28, 2019: Piper PA32 (N1563X), West Palm Beach (Atlantic Ocean), substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence, which resulted in a ditched landing in the ocean.

## Other reports on N1563X (2)

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

- [Accident 20040208002009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040208002009A), Feb 8, 2004: Piper PA32260 (N1563X), Collegeville, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) While attempting to land on runway 27 at Perkiomen Valley Airport (N10), on final approach the aircraft struck a tree about 70 feet short of the runway…
- [Incident 19780227000149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780227000149I), Feb 27, 1978: Piper PA32260 (N1563X), West Chester, PA, Minor damage. While taxiing for takeoff, pilot allowed aircraft to strike parked glider.

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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