# Incident 20250327008779I: Piper PA-34-200, Vero Beach, FL, March 27, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2025, 10:20 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- 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: 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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,702 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250327008779I

## Narrative

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

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 RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N499XM (1)

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

- [Incident 20231218020009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231218020009I), Dec 18, 2023: Piper PA-34-200 (N499XM), Vero Beach, FL, Minor damage. 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…

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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