# Incident 20190305000939I: Piper PA-28-161, Vero Beach, FL, March 5, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2019, 06:45 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 27.6472° N, 80.3931° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vero Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6472&lon=-80.3931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N562PU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N562PU) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 144 total, 144 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190305000939I

## Narrative

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

WEATHER DATA OBTAINED AND USED BY AIRMAN TO MAKE HIS TAKEOFF DECISION WAS NOT THE ACTUAL WEATHER AT THE TIME. BECAUSE OF DARKNESS HE DID NOT OBSERVE THE LOW LEVEL CLOUDS THAT WERE OVER THE AIRPORT. AS SUCH, HE INADVERTENTLY CLIMBED INTO THE CLOUDS. HE CONTACTED ATC AND WAS VECTORED TO A VFR LANDING AT ANOTHER AIRPORT.

AIRMAN WAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL TRAINING UNDER THE SCHOOL'S (ECPS) ASAP PROGRAM.

NOTE: THIS WAS ALSO ASSIGNED AS A PILOT DEVIATION: PSOTPBI19027.

## Other reports on N562PU (1)

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

- [Accident 20210316006109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210316006109A), Mar 16, 2021: Piper PA-28-161 (N562PU), Fort Pierce, FL, Substantial damage. The flight plan: east departure, normal takeoff, climb check, cruise check, get ATIS for Fort Pierce, approach briefing, approach checklist, 5 full stop taxi…

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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