# Accident 20080407837439A: Piper PA28161, Vero Beach, FL, April 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2008, 16:30 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 27.6592° N, 80.4189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6592&lon=-80.4189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9233X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9233X-2010-09-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080407837439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT PRACTICING "TOUCH AND GO'S" EXPERIENCED A GUST OF WIND WHILE LANDING AND WAS BLOWN OFF RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS THEN INTO A DITCH.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND FLIGHT SCHOOL DEEMED IT NON-REPAIRABLE DUE TO THE COST FOR REPAIR.

## 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 NYC08CA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA159), Apr 7, 2008: Piper PA-28-161 (N9233X), Vero Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of directional control on landing. Contributing to the accident was the crosswind and wind gusts.

## Other reports on N9233X (1)

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

- [Incident 19890916054919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890916054919I), Sep 16, 1989: Piper PA28161 (N9233X), Jacksonville, FL. Pilot stated he landed long to avoid wake turbulence and ran through the over run area.

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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