# Incident 20250308003409I: Piper PA-28-235, Vero Beach, FL, March 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2025, 11:45 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: N9032W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9032W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 273 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250308003409I

## Narrative

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

ON 03/08/2025 AT 1145 (EST) A PIPER PA28 WAS LANDING AT RUNWAY 30L AT KVRB WHEN AIRCRAFT UNINTENTIONALLY MANEUVERED OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, PROPELLER, RIGHT WING TIP TANK AND BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE COWLING SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGES DURING THIS INCIDENT.  ALL DAMAGES WERE MINOR IN NATURE AND ONE MINOR INJURY WAS REPORTED FOR A PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N9032W (1)

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

- [Incident 20260529008019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260529008019I), May 29, 2026: Piper PA-28-235 (N9032W), Winfield, KS, Minor damage. On may 29th, 2026, [privacy data omitted], the pilot of a Piper aircraft, model PA-28-235 [privacy data omitted] was performing touch-and-go landings at…

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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