# Incident 20190305000929I: Piper PA-34-200, Melbourne, FL, March 5, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2019, 22:30 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operator: P39S
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56686, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56686) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 29,000 total, 240 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190305000929I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND BELIEVED TO HAVE SEEN THREE GREEN LIGHT. AS THE AIRCRAFT READY TO LAND HE THOUGHT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TO CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY. BUT BY THEN IT WAS TO LATE THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED, AND THE PROPS STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N56686 (2)

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

- [Incident 20241210017719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241210017719I), Dec 10, 2024: Piper PA-34-200 (N56686), Vero Beach, FL, Minor damage. On December 10, 2024 at approximately 1147 EST, aircraft [privacy data omitted], a Piper PA-34-200 departed Vero Beach Regional Airport (vrb), Vero Beach, FL,…
- [Accident 19800624029199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800624029199A), Jun 24, 1980: Piper PA34200 (N56686), St Michaels, AK, Substantial damage. Left main gear broke off while landing on a rutted, muddy, gravel strip. Crosswind factor, water holes in runway.

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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