# Incident 20000727021029I: Piper PA28161, Melbourne, FL, July 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2000, 11:08 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N612FT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N612FT-2014-09-02) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000727021029I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE STUDENT PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 9L AT THE MELBOURNE REGIONAL AIRPORT (MLB). THIS WAS HIS SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT.  AFTER LANDING THE AIRPLANE VEERED RIGHT LEAVING THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN.  THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND HORIZONTAL STABILATOR.

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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