- Date
- November 11, 1988, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2391GPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881111050279A
- Case key
- 32319
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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 on landing rollout, the acft veered off the left side of the runway and as it was slowing down, hit a depression in the ground and the left main gear collapsed. The acft then spun around and came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2391G
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 79A0312
- Airframe hours
- 6,244
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight Safety Int'L, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Flight Safety Intl. Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 1, 1988 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- X26 · Sebastian, FL
- Airport
- VRB · Vero Beach, runway 11L, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.