# Incident 20201228018969I: Piper PA-31-350, Vero Beach, FL, December 28, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2020, 16:50 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3588C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3588C-2021-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201228018969I

## Narrative

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

N3588C LANDED WITH LANDING GEARS RETRACTED.

## Other reports on N3588C (2)

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

- [Incident 20180623008479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180623008479I), Jun 23, 2018: Piper PA-31-350 (N3588C), Vero Beach, FL, Minor damage. PIC reported fire while completing a fuctional test flight, and landed with out incident.
- [Incident 19870106028469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870106028469I), Jan 6, 1987: Piper PA31350 (N3588C), Pittsburgh, PA. Alternator lights indicated inoperative. Reversed course, got one alternator on line. Replaced voltage regulator.

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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