# Incident 20140729014969I: Cessna 172M, Miami, FL, July 29, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2014, 12:30 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N80298, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80298) (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: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140729014969I

## Narrative

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

WITH 4 SOULS ON BOARD AIRCRAFT N80298 TOOK OFF FROM KVRB TO KTMB ON 07/29/2014 AROUND 10:45AM LOCAL TIME WITH APPROXIMATELY TOTAL OF 18 GALLONS OF FUEL AFTER PURCHASING 10 GALLONS FROM SUN AVIATION AT KVRB. AFTER TAKE OFF THE PLANE CLIMBED TO 4000FT. OVER THE MIAMI BEACH SHORE LINE BETWEEN 11:40 AND 11:50 A/C DESCENDED FROM 4000 TO 2000FT, CANCELED IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND COUNTINUED WITH VFR. AT 2000 FT PILOT INITIATED A RIGHT TURN AND LOST ENGINE POWER. PILOT STOPPED THE TURN AND THE ENGINE POWER WAS RESTORED. PILOT THEN CONTACTED THE MIAMI CENTER AND INFORMED THEM ABOUT HIS ENGINE PROBLEMS. PILOT REPORTED TO MIAMI CENTER THAT HE WILL BE LANDING ON THE BEACH. AT AROUND 12:30PM LOCAL TIME A/C LANDED WITHE POWER AT MIAMI BEACH WITH 4 SOULS ON BOARD. NO INJURY OR DAMAGES OCCURRED.

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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