19861030080599A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Melbourne, FL · October 30, 1986

Date
October 30, 1986 · 09:31 local
Place
Melbourne, FL
Airport
Melbourne Regional
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N242FT
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA87LA016
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13 total13 in this make and model13 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.

The student porpoised the aircraft on landing, impacting the runway with the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

THE STUDENT PORPOISED THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, IMPACTING THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROPELLER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.