# Accident 19750223013959A: Cessna 172K, Miami, FL, February 23, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1975
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7250G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7250G-1975-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,131 total, 50 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75AM063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75AM063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750223013959A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AFTR LOW PASS ON FISHING VESSEL ACFT OBSVD IN L TURN BFR L WING STRUCK THE WATER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA75AM063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75AM063), Feb 23, 1975: Cessna 172K (N7250G), Miami, FL, destroyed, 4 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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