- Date
- December 8, 1991, 14:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9222JPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911208058389A
- Case key
- 33042
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing roll. This resulted in the collision with a sign. Contributing to the accident was his lack of total experience.
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
After touchdown on rwy 11L with a wind from 090 degrees at 7 KTS, the plt lost control of the acft. It travelled off the rt side of the rwy & collided with a rwy marking sign. The plt further stated that the brakes locked after he applied them. Each brake assy was disassembled which revealed no evidence of failure or malfunction. The tires were examined which revealed no flat spots to indicate that the brakes were locked.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9222J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2841039
- Engine
- Lycoming O-310-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight Safety International
- Registered owner
- Flight Safety International
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 15, 1991 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- TIX · Titusville, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- VRB · Vero Beach Municipal, runway 11, 3,504 × 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 69 total · 69 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.