# Incident 20021030036739I: Cessna 172P, Vero Beach, FL, October 30, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2002, 09:36 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- 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: N5216K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5216K-2013-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 39 total, 39 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021030036739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT ON A CROSS COUNTRY ELECTED TO LAND AT VERO BEACH AIRPORT. THE WINDS WERE 12 TO 14 KNOTS FROM 220 DEGREES, THE LANDING RUNWAY WAS 29. AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND DURING ROLL OUT WAS ALLOWED TO ROTATE BETWEEN THE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRIKING THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROPELLER. THE STUDENT HAS BEEN COUNSELED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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