# Incident 20211113022149I: Cessna 172S, Vero Beach, FL, November 13, 2021 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 13, 2021, 14:57 local time - Place: Vero Beach, FL - Airport: Vero Beach Regional - 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: N1206U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1206U) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S - Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211113022149I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE INFORMATION REPORTED TO THE FAA IIC WAS AS FOLLOWS: THERE WERE TWO PILOTS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT ON A FLIGHT TO VERO BEACH REGIONAL AIRPORT (KVRB). THIS WAS NOT A TWO PILOT CREW. IT IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FAA IIC THAT THE TWO PILOTS WERE GOING TO ALTERNATE LEGS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT TO BUILD TIME. WHEN IT WAS NOT THE PILOT'S LEG TO FLY THAT PILOT WAS A PASSENGER. FOR THE FIRST LEG THE PILOT (PIC NAMED IN THIS REPORT) WAS FLYING TO KVRB WHILE THE OTHER PILOT WAS A PASSENGER. THE RUNWAY IN USE AT KVRB WAS RNWY 22. THE WEATHER WAS VMC. HOWEVER, THE WIND WAS 280 AT 10 KTS. ON THE PILOTS FIRST APPROACH INTO KVRB THE APPROACH WAS UNSTABLE AND THE PILOT DECIDED TO GO AROUND. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT THE PILOT HAD A STABLE APPROACH BUT APPARENTLY FLARED TOO HIGH AND BOUNCED A COUPLE OF TIMES WHILE DRIFTING TO THE LEFT. ON THE SECOND BOUNCE THE PILOT/PASSENGER BEGAN TO INTERVENE AND CALLED FOR THE CONTROLS TO START A GO-AROUND. WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FLAPS WERE STILL DOWN THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED. AS THE GO AROUND WAS IN THE PROCESS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, ACROSS TAXIWAY E AND ONTO RNWY 31R AND HIT A CONSTRUCTION BARRICADE. THIS CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAIRING. DURING THE GO AROUND IT IS UNCLEAR WHO WAS REALLY FLYING THE AIRCRAFT. THE GO AROUND WAS COMPLETED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED BY THE PILOT/PASSENGER WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ## Other reports on N1206U (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20251013015379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251013015379A), Oct 13, 2025: Cessna 172S (N1206U), Margate, FL, Substantial damage. On Monday, October 13th, 2025, aircraft [privacy data omitted], Cessna 172S, serial no. 172S10417, was conducting a training flight with a student on board.… - [Incident 20190313001309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190313001309I), Mar 13, 2019: Cessna 172S (N1206U), Pompano, FL, No damage. 03/13/2019. Around 14:00 local time my student are doing instrument training under part 141. We were practicing VFR approches at Pompano airport with airplane… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.