# Incident 20140406004599I: Larocca Roch B ERACER MK II, Fort Pierce, FL, April 6, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2014, 10:52 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N382RB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N382RB-2026-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Larocca Roch B ERACER MK II (registry code 0561471, https://openairdocs.org/model/larocca-roch-b-eracer-mk-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360 series (registry code 41881, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAROCCA ROCH B ERACER MK II
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,057 total, 110 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140406004599I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 7, 2014 AT 1052 EDT AN 2012 EXPERIMENTAL AMATUER BUILT, 2012 LAROCCA ROCH B ERACER MK II, N382RB, S/N 92-0115 EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE DURING CLIMB OUT FROM 200 - 300 FEET, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND MADE A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT ST LUCIE COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FPR) IN FORT PIERCE, FL.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NEITHER THE PILOT OR PASSENGER WERE INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FPR AT APPROX 1040 EDT APRIL 7, 2014.

## Other reports on N382RB (1)

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

- [Accident 20250905015509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250905015509A), Sep 5, 2025: Larocca Roch B ERACER MK II (N382RB), Mt. Pleasant, SC, Substantial damage. Eon-dra message text: mount Pleasant, SC (lro): [privacy data omitted], erac, landed and Veered left off of runway 35 for unknown Reasons. POB: 2, injuries:…

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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