# Incident 20071224831829I: Piper PA20, Vero Beach, FL, December 24, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2007, 08:43 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: N7007K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7007K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,117 total, 0 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071224831829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 24, 2007, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE ENGAGED IN AN INSURANCE CHECK OUT FLIGHT FOR THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN PIPER PA-20 N7007K S/N 112. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, UPON TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, THE PILOT APPLIED A SMALL AMOUNT OF POWER. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VEER RIGHT. THE CFI INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO REMOVE POWER, WHICH HE COMPLIED WITH. THE CFI INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO ADD LEFT RUDDER AND HOLD FULL UP ELEVATOR. THE PILOT DID NOT COMPLY SO THE CFI TOOK THE CONTROLS. HE APPLIED RUDDER AND FULL UP ELEVATOR BUT RAN OUT OF AUTHORITY. HE INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO APPLY LEFT BRAKE, THE PILOT DID NOT COMPLY (THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THERE WERE ONLY BRAKES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT). THE CFI INSTRUCTED AGAIN TO APPLY LEFT BRAKE. AT THAT POINT THEY WERE OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED. AFTER CONTACTING GROUND THEY WERE ABLE TO TAXI TO THE HANGAR. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING BOW AREA.

## Other reports on N7007K (1)

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

- [Incident 20051224033029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051224033029I), Dec 24, 2005: Piper PA20 (N7007K), Vero Beach, FL. (-23) Pilot at cruise suffered engine failure and landed on highway A1A at sebastin inlet, Florida. Upon landing and after inspection found that the number…

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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