# Accident 20010608011089A: Cessna 172M, Miami, FL, June 8, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 8, 2001, 19:42 local time - Place: Miami, FL - Airport: Tamiami Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 25.6478° N, 80.8969° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6478&lon=-80.8969&mi=10 - Aircraft: N64429, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64429) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M - Reported engine: LYC O320E2D - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 371 total, 226 in this make and model - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA158) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010608011089A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19)ON JUNE 8, 2001, ABOUT 1942 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172M, N64429, REGISTERED TO PAN AIR FLYING CLUB, INC., CRASHED DURING A GO-AROUND AT KENDALL-TAMIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, MIAMI, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1930. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 9 RIGHT, THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED HIM TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND. AFTER HE APPLIED FULL ENGINE POWER, THE AIRPLANE NOSED UP AND STARTED TO ROLL TO THE LEFT. THE AIRPLANE THEN DESCENDED AND IMPACTED ON THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO SEPARATE. THE AIRPLANE THEN SKIDDED ACROSS THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY, WHERE IT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST. (-23)PILOT WAS DIRECTED TO EXECUTE MISSED APPROACH. HE BEGAN TO GO AROUND WHEN THE TOWER OBSERVED A HARD LEFT TURN, THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SHEARED. THE AIRCRAFT HEADING AT TIM E OF IMPACT WAS APPROXIMATELY 70 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY HEADING. THE TOWER PERSONNEL FELT THE AIRCRAFT STALLED PRIOR TO THE HARD LEFT TURN. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED OVER. PILOT AND PASSENGERS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT, UNASSISTED BY EMEGENCY PERSONNEL. ONLY MINOR INJURIES WERE RECEIVED BY THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WINGS AND FUSELAGE AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. UNABLE TO CONTACT PASSENGERS, LEFT TWO MESSAGES THEY DID NOT RETURN CALLS. (.4) ON JUNE 8, 2001, ABOUT 1942 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172M, N64429, REGISTERED TO PAN AIR FLYING CLUB, INC., CRASHED DURING A GO-AROUND AT KENDALL-TAMIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, MIAMI, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1930. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 9 RIGHT, THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED HIM TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND. HE APPLIED FULL ENGINE POWER AND NOTICED THAT HE HAD A NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE. HE IMMEDIATELY LOWERED THE NOSE. THE AIRPLANE YAWED TOWARD THE LEFT AND HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT BY APPLYING RIGHT AILERON AND RIGHT RUDDER. THE AIRPLANE DROPPED ABRUPTLY AND HIT THE RUNWAY, CRUSHING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO THE LEFT, AND WHEN IT CONTACTED THE GRASS TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DUG INTO THE DIRT AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. THE FAA TAMIAMI AIRPORT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER GROUND CONTROLLER STATED HE HEARD THE LOCAL CONTROLLER ISSUE A GO-AROUND INSTRUCTION TO THE PILOT OF N64429. WHEN HE LOOKED TO THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 9 RIGHT, HE SAW THE CESSNA 172 TRYING TO CLIMB. THE LEFT WING TOUCHED THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. ## 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 MIA01LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA158), Jun 8, 2001: Cessna 172M (N64429), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a go-around resulting in the airplane stalling, descending uncontrolled, impacting the runway, and sliding off the runway and nosing over. ## Other reports on N64429 (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20020815021089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020815021089I), Aug 15, 2002: Cessna 172M (N64429), Sunrise, FL. (-23) On August 15, 2002, at about 2050 EDT, a Cessna 172 registered to the pan air flying club, experienced a loss of power and made an emergency landing on… - [Accident 19750718021329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750718021329A), Jul 18, 1975: Cessna 172M (N64429), Pasadena, MD, Substantial damage. Rwy sloped downhill. 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. 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