# NTSB MIA74AM062: Piper PA-28, N5296S, Melbourne, FL, January 21, 1974

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 21, 1974
- Place: Melbourne, FL · MELBOURNE, FL
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 12, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 187175
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA74AM062
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM062

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0119  74/1/21  NR.MELBOURNE,FLA      PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1400                    N5296S              PX-  0  0  0  OTHER                     UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         MELBOURNE,FLA               UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH=
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- ACFT STOLEN SAME COLOR ACFT OBSVD CRASH INTO OCEAN.1 GR FOUND ACFT NOT RCVRD.INJURY,DMG PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5296S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5296S-1974-03-14), registration cancelled 1974-03-14, S/N 2826944 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19740121001789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740121001789A), Jan 21, 1974: Piper PA28R200, Melbourne, FL, Destroyed. Acft stolen same color acft obsvd crash into ocean.1 gr found acft not rcvrd. Injury,dmg presumed.

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.

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