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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Miami, FL · September 1, 2000

Date: September 1, 2000 · 18:33 local
Place: Miami, FL
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2375H
Reported as: Cessna 172R
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360L2A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total500 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

N2375HRegistration cancelled Apr 12, 2004 · Cessna 172RS/N 17280650 · Built 1998 Airframe modelCessna 172R Engine modelLycoming T0-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Pilot was performing a power-off stall, during the recovery, at approximately 2,5000 feet, the engine did not respond when throttle was advanced. The aircraft ditched in biscayne bay. From interviews with the pilot and the student pilot, there is no indication of a lack or inproper actions being taken by the pilot in this incident. Post incident invesigation found no mechanical cause for the engine not to respond.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT WAS PERFORMING A POWER-OFF STALL, DURING THE RECOVERY, AT APPROXIMATELY 2,5000 FEET, THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND WHEN THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED. THE AIRCRAFT DITCHED IN BISCAYNE BAY. FROM INTERVIEWS WITH THE PILOT AND THE STUDENT PILOT, THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A LACK OR INPROPER ACTIONS BEING TAKEN BY THE PILOT IN THIS INCIDENT. POST INCIDENT INVESIGATION FOUND NO MECHANICAL CAUSE FOR THE ENGINE NOT TO RESPOND.