# Incident 20101104052119I: Piper PA-28-161, Merritt Island, FL, November 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2010, 21:40 local time
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 28.3092° N, 80.6760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Merritt Island, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3092&lon=-80.6760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602FT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N602FT-2014-09-17) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 123 total, 123 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101104052119I

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING DUAL NIGHT LESSONS, THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE PRACTICING FULL STOP LANDINGS, TAXI BACK AND GO AROUNDS WHILE AT THE MERRIT ISLAND AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT BELONGS TO FIT A FLIGHT SCHOOL IN MELBOURNE, FL. THERE WAS NO OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN. THEY STATED THEY REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN OF RUNWAY 29 AND WAS MAKING LEFT TURNS. THE AIRPORT WEATHER CONDITION AT THE TIME WAS LIGHT DRIZZLE WITH CHOPPY WINDS. THE CREW HAD ALREADY MADE SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO'S A WELL AS FULL STOP LANDINGS. ON THE LAST ATTEMPT THEY RECALL THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDING. THE NOISE FROM THE STALL WARNING ALARMED THE STUDENT & HE REACTED BY ADDING POWER AND PITCHING DOWN AND THIS CAUSING A HARD LANDING. DURING INSPECTION WITH FLASH LIGHTS, IT APPEARED NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE. THE CREW OF THREE THEN DECIDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO MELBOURNE AIRPORT. FURTHER INSPECTION BY THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, IDENTIFIED MINOR DAMAGE PRESENT, TO THE NOSE FORK IN WHICH WAS BENT, BOTH MAIN GEAR LOWER STRUTS WERE CRACKED AND THE ENGINE MOUNT SUSTAINED DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N602FT (1)

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

- [Accident 20120522008591A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120522008591A), May 22, 2012: Piper PA-28-161 (N602FT), Melbourne, FL, Substantial damage. On may 22, 2012 at 2120, aircraft N47749 piloted by selman TAS, holder of private pilot certificate # [privacy data omitted], was involved in a ground accident…

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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