- Date
- October 19, 2005, 11:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9234VPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20051019025859A
- Case key
- 62698
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll resulting in the on-ground collision with runway signs.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that the wind was from 050 degrees at 15 knots, and he configured the airplane for landing on runway 11R with full flaps. After touchdown, the airplane veered to the left uncontrollably and "fish tailed sideways off the runway into two runway signs." He secured then exited the airplane.
Factual narrative
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N9234V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2841120
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flight Safety International, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KOMN · Ormond Beach, FL
- Destination
- KVRB · Vero Beach, FL
- Airport
- KVRB · Vero Beach Municipal, runway 11R
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 110 in this make and model · 26 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.