20110315005849A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Vero Beach, FL · March 15, 2011

Date
March 15, 2011 · 12:32 local
Place
Vero Beach, FL
Airport
Vero Beach Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
ECPS
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9212E
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11CA192
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
32 total32 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After landing pilot lost directional (unknown reason) control of a/c, exited runway to the right and hit taxi sign with left wing.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL (UNKNOWN REASON) CONTROL OF A/C, EXITED RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND HIT TAXI SIGN WITH LEFT WING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.