# Incident 20100327031179I: Piper PA-28-161, Vero Beach, FL, March 27, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2010, 09:30 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: 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: N9226R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9226R-2020-06-23) (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 PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100327031179I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON 3RD SOLO AT KVRB, WITH THE INTENT TO PRACTICE 5-TAKEOFFS AND FULL-STOP LANDINGS, AND THEN DEPART TO THE LOCAL PRACTICE AREA .  DURING 2ND DOWNWIND, THE STUDENT BELIEVED TO HAVE RADIO FAILURE, AND SET 7600 IN THE TRANSPONDER.  ACCORDING TO THE CONTROL TOWER, THE STUDENT LANDED NEAR THE 1500 FOOT MARK OF RUNWAY 29R.  THE STUDENT STATED THAT HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY.  NO DAMAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N9226R (1)

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

- [Incident 20070109001029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070109001029I), Jan 9, 2007: Piper PA28161 (N9226R), Vero Beach, FL. (-23) During solo training flight by the student pilot, on approach to landing in high winds, he overcompensated the rudder usage. Due to the overcompensation…

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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