# Incident 20160114004209I: Piper PA-28-161, Vero Beach, FL, January 14, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2016, 13:12 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Indian River Aerodrome
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5989° N, 80.5024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIAN RIVER AERODROME (FL74), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5989&lon=-80.5024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4297M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4297M) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 75 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160114004209I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 14, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1158 EST, A PIPER PA-28-161 (N4297M), SERIAL NUMBER 28-8316056, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OVER RAN RUNWAY 35 AT FL74. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

PILOT STATEMENT INDICATED RUNWAY GRASS WAS FRESHLY CUT AND WET CAUSING OVER RUN.

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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