# Incident 20231218020009I: Piper PA-34-200, Vero Beach, FL, December 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2023, 14:49 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: P39S
- 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: N499XM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N499XM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-C1E6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 195 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231218020009I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 18, 2023 APPROXIMATELY 1400 EST, A PIPER PA-34 SENECA OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^FLIGHT SCHOOL, WITH AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT ON BOARD, TOOK OFF FROM VERO BEACH REGIONAL AIRPORT (KVRB), VERO BEACH FLORIDA TO CONDUCT AN INITIAL/ORIENTATION FLIGHT FOR THE STUDENT. AT APPROXIMATELY 1445 EST, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 30L WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE INSTRUCTOR OR THE STUDENT, NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N499XM (1)

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

- [Incident 20250327008779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250327008779I), Mar 27, 2025: Piper PA-34-200 (N499XM), Vero Beach, FL, Minor damage. On Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 1420Z a Piper PA-34-200 experienced a nose gear collapse while landing runway 12R at kvrb. No injuries were reported as a…

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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