- Date
- January 20, 1986, 07:35 local (11:35 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19860120001691A19860120001692A
- Case key
- 31566
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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 plt stated that he was completing his run-up prior to takeoff, looked up & was only able to pull the power off before he was struck by N2361D.
The plt stated that as he was taxiing to rwy 29L for takeoff, he was heading into the sun & did not see the other acft until it was too late to avoid a collision.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2361D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 79A0282
- Airframe hours
- 3,896
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flight Safety International
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 16, 1986 · 54 hours before
- Airport
- VRB · Vero Beach Municipal
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.
- Registration
- N3745Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7737058
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flight Safety International
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- VRB · Vero Beach Municipal
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N2361D
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 76 total · 76 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N3745Q
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 200 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.