# Incident 20110611011309I: Piper PA-28-161, Merritt Island, FL, June 11, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2011, 18:15 local time
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N358CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N358CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-D3G (registry code 42156, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d3g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110611011309I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (A STUDENT PILOT-MED CERT # ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) WAS ON A SOLO FLIGHT PERFORMING FULL STOP LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS ON RUNWAY 11 AT THE MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT THE WIND CONDITIONS WERE 090 AT 14 KNOTS. ON HIS THIRD LANDING TOUCHDOWN WAS APPROXIMATELY 700 TO 1000 FT DOWN THE RUNWAY HE DRIFTED RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE BY ABOUT 12 FEET AS HE APPROACHED THE 2ND MID-FIELD TURNOFF. AT THAT POINT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT.  IN HIS STATEMENT HE SAID HE APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND SOON REALIZED THAT THIS WOULD NOT SUFFICE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM DEPARTING THE RUNWAY.  HE THEN FOCUSED ON POSITIONING THE MIXTURE TO IDLE CUTOFF, THE MASTER SWITCH OFF, THE FUEL PUMP OFF, AND THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THE OFF POSITION. THE STUDENT STATED THAT HE PERFORMED THESE TASKS AFTER DETERMINING HE COULD NOT PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM DEPARTING THE RUNWAY AND CEASING ADDITIONAL EFFORTS TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT OR APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY COMING TO A STOP IN A DRAINAGE DITCH 25 FEET TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND 75 FEET AFTER THE WHEELS LEFT THE PAVEMENT SURFACE.

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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