# Incident 20171230023919I: Piper PA-28-161, Merritt Island, FL, December 30, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2017, 15:40 local time
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- 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: N373CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N373CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-D3G (registry code 42156, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d3g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171230023919I

## Narrative

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

THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT REPTD THE FOLLOWING: HE LANDED ON RWY 29 AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE RWY AT THE A2 TAXIWAY INTERSECTION, WHEN HE "APPLIED LEFT RUDDER TO MAKE THE  TURN ONTO THE TAXIWAY" AND FOUND THAT THE ACFT WAS "NOT VERY RESPONSIVE".  HE THEN TRIED TO USE THE LT BRAKE BUT FOUND THAT THERE WAS "NO BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE." HE WAS UNABLE TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE ACFT BACK ONTO THE RWY, AND THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY JUST PAST A2 EXIT AND STRUCK A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT WITH THE PROPELLER BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.

THE ACFT PROPELLER AND A TAXIWAY LIGHT AT THE A2 INTERSECTION SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE; THE PROP SUSTAINED A DEEP GOUGE, AND THE TAXIWAY LIGHT LENS WAS BROKEN.

THE OPERATOR REPORTED THAT BOTH ACFT MLG BRAKES WERE FOUND TO BE FUNCTIONAL WHEN THE ACFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE RAMP AREA AND PARKED AFTER THE INCIDENT.

THE STUDENT REPORTEDLY HAD 24.2 HRS TOTAL FLIGHT TIME WITH ONLY 3.2 HRS SOLO TIME AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N373CA (2)

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

- [Incident 20240702006259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240702006259I), Jul 2, 2024: Piper PA-28-161 (N373CA), Merritt Island, FL, Minor damage. On 07/02/2024 at 1300 EST aircraft was landing on rwy 11 at kcoi when the pilot landed long which resulted in the aircraft running off the runway and coming to…
- [Accident 20120619011339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120619011339A), Jun 19, 2012: Piper PA-28-161 (N373CA), Lake Wales, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft experienced hard landing. No injuries to either crew; substantial damage to airframe. Aircraft was on third circuit of pattern at X07 runway 6. Crew…

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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