19811209086659I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Vero Beach, FL · December 9, 1981

Date
December 9, 1981 · 11:54 local
Place
Vero Beach, FL
Airport
Vero Beach
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2442P
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
26 total26 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot lost control on landing roll when a gust of wind struck the aircraft. Ran off runway into a ditch.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL ON LANDING ROLL WHEN A GUST OF WIND STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT. RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO A DITCH.