# Incident 20260624006369I: Piper PA-28-161, Vero Beach, FL, June 24, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2026, 15:12 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- 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: N6879C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6879C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 140 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260624006369I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 24, 2026, AIRCRAFT "A" WAS LANDING AT VERO BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN VERO BEACH, FL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 12R.  AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED INTO THE GRASS AFTER EXITING THE RUNWAY AT INTERSECTION ALPHA. THE PILOT INFORMED GROUND CONTROL THAT THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTLY WENT INTO THE GRASS AND WAS STILL OPERATIONAL.  FOLLOWING, THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED BACK TO ITS HOME BASE. THIS WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, WITH THE PILOT UNDER INSTRUCTION SEATED IN THE LEFT SEAT AND A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN THE RIGHT SEAT. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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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