# Incident 19850531065609I: Piper PA23250, Vero Beach, FL, May 31, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1985, 13:23 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63845, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63845-1991-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,600 total, 5,015 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85IA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850531065609I

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP WHILE INSTRUCTORS ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED.

## 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 MIA85IA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85IA182), May 31, 1985: Piper Aztec PA-23-250 (N63845), Vero Beach, FL, incident, minor damage

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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