# Incident 20001119028889I: Piper PA23250, Vero Beach, FL, November 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2000, 21:00 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N389EB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N389EB-2007-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,009 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001119028889I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 29L AT VERO BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, A/C ALNDED HARD, BOUNCED, AND LANDED HARD AGAIN, CAUSING RIGH T PROPELLER TO STRIKE RUNWAY. A GO-AROUND WAS ACCOMPLISHED, FOLLOWED BY A CLIMB TO TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE. A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RIDING IN THE BACK OF THE A/C. THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE TRANSFERED FROM ^PRIVACY DATA O^THE PILOT IN THE LEFT FRONT SEAT, TO ^PRIVACY DATA^THE PILOT IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT. ^PRIVACY DATA^THEN SWITCHED POSITIONS WITH ^PRIVACY DA^. THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE TRANSFERRED TO ^PRIVACY DATA^ AND HE PERFORMED A LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N389EB (2)

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

- [Accident 19800111000979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800111000979A), Jan 11, 1980: Piper PA23250 (N389EB), Mobile, AL, Substantial damage. Landed in heavy rain with severe crosswind. Hydroplaned, skidded off runway. Ground-looped. Collapsed gear.
- [Incident 19780507032449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780507032449I), May 7, 1978: Piper PA23250 (N389EB), Lititz, PA, Substantial damage. Engine shutdown due to engine surging. Found broken exhaust stack and hole in cowling and firewall.

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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