# Incident 20250509004119I: Piper PA-34-200, Vero Beach, FL, May 9, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2025, 14:48 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- 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: N56676, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56676) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250509004119I

## Narrative

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

ON  05/09/2025 AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS BEING OPERATED FOR INSTRUCTION. DURING THE LANDING AT VERO BEACH REGIONAL AIRPORT (VRB) THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE, AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) COLLAPSED. BOTH OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR (MLG) REMAINED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE UNDERSIDE OF NOSE CONE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  BOTH PROPELLERS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND ARE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR.

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS AT THE CONTROLS DURING THE INCIDENT. BOTH THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOTS REPORTED THEY SAW THREE GREEN ILLUMINATED LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS.  BOTH PILOTS VERIFIED THE NLG WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION BY A MIRROR LOCATED ON THE INBOARD SIDE OF THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING. NEITHER PILOT NOTICED ANY CONDITION THAT WOULD INDICATE AN UNSAFE CONDITION WITH THE LANDING GEAR.  BOTH PILOTS CONFIRMED THIS WAS TO BE A FULL STOP LANDING.

THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER OF THE OPERATION HAS HAD FOUR NLG COLLAPSES IN THE PREVIOUS FIVE MONTHS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 2 AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES (AD) THAT ADDRESS THE INSPECTION OF CERTAIN COMPONENT OF THE PA-32 NLG HARWARE AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS. A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOGS INDICATE THAT THE REPAIR FACILITY (P39R) HAS COMPLIED WITH THE ADS FOR THIS SPECIFIC MODEL AIRCRAFT (AD 2022-09-13 & AD 2005-13-16)

## Other reports on N56676 (5)

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

- [Incident 20260608005409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260608005409I), Jun 8, 2026: Piper PA-34-200 (N56676), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. On June 8, 2026, I was conducting a commercial multi-engine training flight with a student in a Piper PA-44 seminole. During the flight, the landing gear was…
- [Accident 19991108039169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991108039169A), Nov 8, 1999: Piper PA34200 (N56676), Olive Branch, MS, Substantial damage. (.4)The CFI and private -rated student pilot were conducting to uch-and-go landings. After touch down the dual student retracted the flaps and reached for the…
- [Incident 19990809024189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990809024189I), Aug 9, 1999: Piper PA34200 (N56676), Olive Branch, MS, Minor damage. Instructor stated that the student was fast on downwind, base, final and on landing. Student landed on nose gear, went airborne and came back down striking…
- [Accident 19970705017679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970705017679A), Jul 5, 1997: Piper PA34200 (N56676), Mackinac Island, MI, Substantial damage. Aircraft flared high and stalled. (.4)the pilot said that on short final approach, the airplane encountered turbulence and that he held the airplane off the…
- [Incident 19920604022979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920604022979I), Jun 4, 1992: Piper PA34200 (N56676), Allentown, PA, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found a broken stud assembly.

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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