Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Piper PA-34-200 Seneca, N56686, accident occurred on September 28, 2026, at Vero Beach Regional Airport (VRB/KVRB), Vero Beach, Florida

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this writing will be corrected when/if the NTSB preliminary report is released.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N56686

- History of Flight:
On September 28, 2026, at about 1738 local time, a Piper PA-34-200 Seneca, N56686, registered to Paris Air Inc and doing business as Paris Air Flight School, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident at Vero Beach Regional Airport (VRB/KVRB), Vero Beach, Florida. The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. The airplane was being operated on a local training flight.

The FAA reported that the airplane was on takeoff when it experienced a nose gear collapse.

On December 10, 2024, the airplane suffered a nose gear collapse during landing at KVRB, but that event was not investigated by the NTSB.

- Weather:

METAR KVRB 282053Z 13011KT 10SM CLR 29/19 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02940194 56014

METAR KVRB 282153Z 12009KT 10SM CLR 29/20 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02890200

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