# Incident 19961230043649I: Piper PA28161, Vero Beach, FL, December 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1996, 11:54 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N9213D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9213D-2018-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 76 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961230043649I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 30, 1996 AT 1154 EST PIPER PA-28 N9231D OWNED BY FLIGHT SAFETY ACADEMY AND PILOTED BY VALENTINA LEONE RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 29L AT VERO BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, VERO BEACH, FL. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HELD A PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT VERO BEACH ON DECEMBER 30, 1996 AT 1100 EST. THE LIKELY CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT WAS EXCESSIVE BRAKING ON A WET RUNWAY WHICH LOCKED THE WHEELS AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID. FLIGHT SAFETY HAS TAKEN THE NECESSARY CORRECTIVE ACTION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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