# Accident 19980710021169A: Piper PA28R201, Vero Beach, FL, July 10, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1998, 08:30 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (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: N1493H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1493H-2002-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 7 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL98LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980710021169A

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, ONE PILOT WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION TO BE A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI), AND WAS OPERATING THE FLIGHT CONTROLS. HE REQUESTED AN OPTION TAKEOFF FROM THE TOWER, TO ACCOMPLISH A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKEOFF, WITH A LANDING STAIGHT AHEAD ON THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY, RUWAY 22. ABOUT 50 TO 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. HE REDUCED THE THROTTLE TO INITIATE THE SIMULATED ENGINE MALFUNCTION. WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS FLARED FOR THE SIMULATED EMERGENCY LANDING, A HIGH SINK RATE WAS NOT ARRESTED, AND THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 22 AND 29. (-23) THE PILOT, RECEIVING INSTRUCTION, FOR AN INSTRUCTOR RATING ATTEMPTED A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE DURING A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ELIZABETH CHOME FAILED TO REACT TO THE EXCESSIVE RATE OF DESCENT ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND HARD DOING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ATL98LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA096), Jul 10, 1998: Piper PA-28R-201 (N1493H), Vero Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.

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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