# Incident 20130801015889I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Melbourne, FL, August 1, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2013, 15:00 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne International Airpor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: ECQS
- Location: 28.1028° N, 80.6453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MELBOURNE ORLANDO INTL (MLB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1028&lon=-80.6453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N644FT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N644FT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 980 total, 160 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130801015889I

## Narrative

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

N644FT WAS CONDUCTING A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF AT MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. N644FT ROTATED EARLY RESULTING IN GROUND CONTACT WITH BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT WING TIPS.

## Other reports on N644FT (2)

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

- [Incident 20210315003319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210315003319I), Mar 15, 2021: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181 (N644FT), Melbourne, FL, Minor damage. 03-15-2021 While con climb out from mlb the student turned downwind from on a crosswind, at that moment he saw a group of birds while in the bank. One of them…
- [Incident 20130718015859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130718015859I), Jul 18, 2013: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181 (N644FT), Melbourne, FL, No damage. N644FT a PA-28 landed on runway 9L and exited the runway on the left side into the grass, N644FT re-entered runway 9L and taxied to the ramp under it's own…

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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