# Accident 20130404004609A: Cessna 152, Miami, FL, April 4, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2013, 08:40 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Kendall-Tamiami Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: D4RS
- Location: 25.6086° N, 80.5386° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6086&lon=-80.5386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6141Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6141Q-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 400 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130404004609A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 4 2013, AT 0840, N6141Q, A CESSNA 152, REGISTERED TO C&G AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE INC, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR 141, UNDER DEAN INTERNATIONAL INC (D4RS), EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE POWER LOSS, AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ONTO A TWO LANE ROAD IN MIAMI, FL 33177, APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KENDALL-TAMIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (TMB). UPON LANDING THE LEFT WING STRUCK SOME TREES CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER LEFT INTO A DITCH CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND FUSELAGE, BOTH PILOTS WALKED AWAY WITH MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT ORIGINATED FROM KENDALL-TAMIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KTMB), FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SSE AT 10 MPH GUSTING TO 19 MPH, AND VISIBILITY WAS 10 MILES. THE INSTRUCTOR HAD ASKED THE STUDENT TO COMPLETE A STEEP TURN, BEFORE THIS COULD BE FULLY ACCOMPLISHED, THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK BACK CONTROL, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND FOLLOWED ENGINE FAILURE PROCEDURE. THE PILOT DECIDED THAT THEY COULD NOT MAKE IT BACK TO TMB, SO AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING WAS EXECUTED ONTO SW 168TH ST AND SW 213TH AVE.  AIRCRAFT DAMAGE RESULTED IN A TOTAL LOSS.

## 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 ERA13LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA187), Apr 4, 2013: Cessna 152 (N6141Q), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to the failure of the No. 3 exhaust valve. Contributing to the accident was the airplane operator’s failure to follow the engine manufacturer’s recommended engine…

## Other reports on N6141Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20150905015799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150905015799A), Sep 5, 2015: Cessna 152 (N6141Q), Miami, FL, Destroyed. While conducting practice instrument approaches, 2.4 hours into flight, ran out of fuel resulting in engine failure and forced landing in everglades national…
- [Accident 19900108002149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900108002149A), Jan 8, 1990: Cessna 152 (N6141Q), Rochester, IN, Substantial damage. Reported a crosswind gust caused student pilot to lose control on takeoff roll. Aborted, ran off runway. Nosed over

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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