# Incident 19920302007299I: Piper PA28161, Vero Beach, FL, March 2, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1992, 15:30 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- 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: N8236Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8236Z-2000-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920302007299I

## Narrative

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

LOST STABILATOR YOKE EFFECTIVENESS WHILE PERFORMING CHANDELLES. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND STABILATOR CABLE HAD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N8236Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19981111031759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981111031759A), Nov 11, 1998: Piper PA28161 (N8236Z), Erie, CO, Destroyed. Pilot smelled fumes as he attempted to start the acft in the run-up area, the pilot exited the acft, and the acft was destroyed by fire on the ramp. Y(.19) on…

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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