# Incident 19960718023309I: Piper PA28161, Vero Beach, FL, July 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: N30PF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960718023309I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: SOLO STUDENT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 11 R @ VERO BEACH, FL. ON SHORT FINAL SOLO STUDENT OBSERVED AN UNCOMMANDED DRIFT TO THE RIGHT DUE TO A X-WIND. SOLO STUDENT SELECTED TO GO AROUND AND AS HE RAPIDLY APPLIED THROTTLE THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SPUTTERED AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. SOLO STUDENT THEN SELECTED TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE AND EXECUTE A SOFT FIELD LANDING IN THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. FUEL SOURCE AT PREFLIGHT AND SUN AVIATION WAS CHECKED BY STATE OFFICIALS AT THIS INSPECTOR'S REQUEST AND WAS FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED. A "STOP SELL" ORDER WAS ISSUED UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED.

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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