# Accident 20050831020009A: Cessna 172S, Miami, FL, August 31, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2005, 18:15 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka West Aprt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9472° N, 80.4233° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9472&lon=-80.4233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5213M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5213M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050831020009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS DOING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 09 AT OPA-LOCKA WEST (X46). AT APPROXIMATELY 150FT THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT. THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE RUNWAY BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. PILOT STATED THAT AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL WHEN EXECUTING THE DEPARTURE PHASE OF A TOUCH AND GO. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 3/4 DISTANCE DOWN RUNWAY 9 AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE EAST END OF RUNWAY 9 AND STOPPED IN A SHALLOW FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE SOFT EARTH IN THE SHALLOW FIELD. N5213M SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE SECTION AND FIREWALL.

## 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 ATL05LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA156), Aug 31, 2005: Cessna 172S (N5213M), Opa Locka, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N5213M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20110627015269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110627015269I), Jun 27, 2011: Cessna 172S (N5213M), Fxe, FL, Minor damage. First solo flight for the airmen at second landing the aircraft veared to the side and stroke a runway light. Heavy nose gear shimmy was reported .

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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