# Incident 20140612009059I: Piper PA-28-161, Vero Beach, FL, June 12, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2014, 16:54 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: P39S
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80813, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80813-2019-09-06) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 101 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140612009059I

## Narrative

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

100-PLUS HOUR STUDENT PILOT (SP) WITH LIMITED SOLO EXPERIENCE, WHILE RETURNING TO HOME FIELD FROM SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY (XC) FLIGHT, ENCOUNTERED THUNDERSTORM ON FINAL, INCLUDING GUSTY CROSSWINDS.  SOLO SP LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  AIRCRAFT WEATHERVANED AND VEERED RIGHT, DEPARTED PAVED SURFACE, AND STRUCK A RUNWAY DISTANCE REMAINING SIGN.  RIGHT WINGTIP CAP WAS BROKEN OFF AND LATER RECOVERED.  NO INJURIES TO SOLO SP.  MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE INCURRED.  AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO RAMP UNDER ITS OWN POWER.

## Other reports on N80813 (1)

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

- [Accident 20180507004839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180507004839A), May 7, 2018: Piper PA-28-161 (N80813), Vero Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Student was attempting first touch and go, turned base to final and throttle was not responding, emergency landing on the railroad tracks.

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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