# Incident 20210630011579I: Piper PA-28-161, Melborne, FL, June 30, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2021, 08:39 local time
- Place: Melborne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N631FT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N631FT) (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: 90 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210630011579I

## Narrative

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

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON JUNE 30, 2021 AT 0839 LOCAL TIME AT MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLORIDA (KMLB).

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO FLIGHT IN AIRCRAFT N631FT, A PA-28-161, MAKING AN APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 5 AT KMLB.  THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THE WINDS AT 11007KT.  ON FAA FORM 8020-9, ATC REPORTED THE WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AT 09009KT.  THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THE FINAL APPROACH WAS STABLE AT 63-64 KTS.

AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY THE STUDENT PILOT SAID THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SWERVE OR SKID.  HE THOUGHT THE AIRPLANE WAS SKIDDING TO THE LEFT.  THE STUDENT PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS.  THERE WERE SKID MARKS LEFT ON RUNWAY 5 FROM THE MAIN TIRES OF N631FT THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS INCIDENT.

THE STUDENT PILOT THOUGHT MAYBE ONE OF THE BRAKES HAD LOCKED UP.  ACCORDING TO AIRPLANE MAINTENANCE RECORDS, MECHANICS DID NOT RECORD ANY FINDINGS WITH THE BRAKES DURING A POST INCIDENT INSPECTION.

THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO N631FT AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

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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