# Incident 20160701018149I: Piper PA-28-161, Merritt Island, FL, July 1, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2016, 09:30 local time
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: E7XS
- 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: N250FT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N250FT-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: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160701018149I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 1ST 2016 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SCHEDULED TO DO PERFORM HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT BETWEEN 8-10 AM.

AFTER FOUR SUCCESSFUL TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD, STUDENT PILOT FLEW SOLO.

SHE MADE ONE SUCCESSFUL LANDING ON RUNWAY 29, THE SECOND SOLO LANDING ATTEMPT THE STUDENT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 29 AND PERFORMED A GO AROUND.

THE THIRD SOLO LANDING ATTEMPT STUDENT LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY 29 RESULTING IN NOSE GEAR DAMAGE CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND WENT INTO THE GRASS.

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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