What happened
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This flight start at Miami Executive Airport (ktmb) and climbed to 1,500 feet direct to homestead general aviation airport (X51). After practicing some trafic pattern flight doing take off and landings, the flight departed the pattern and flew southwest approx 10 miles. They performed eights on pylons. Afterwards chandels were performed. At 3000 feet the instructor demonstrated steep turns, he then passed the controls to the student and when the student completed his before landing checklist he advanced the prop and throttle to the proper setting, the engine failed to respond. The instructor then took control of the airplane, called Miami Executive tower and declared an emergency. He then prepared the airplane for a landing on a hard surface road. Upon landing the wings started to clip tall shrubs causing the airplane to veer to the left and into tall grass. The airplane rolled approx 525 feet before the nose gear collapsed. The airplane came to rest on the forward cowling in approx 3 feet of water from the dranage canael running paralell to the road. The pilot and student pilot egressed onto the right wing of the airplane and steeped out onto the road with no injuries.
As the FAA filed it
THIS FLIGHT START AT MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KTMB) AND CLIMBED TO 1,500 FEET DIRECT TO HOMESTEAD GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT (X51). AFTER PRACTICING SOME TRAFIC PATTERN FLIGHT DOING TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS, THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE PATTERN AND FLEW SOUTHWEST APPROX 10 MILES. THEY PERFORMED EIGHTS ON PYLONS. AFTERWARDS CHANDELS WERE PERFORMED. AT 3000 FEET THE INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATED STEEP TURNS, HE THEN PASSED THE CONTROLS TO THE STUDENT AND WHEN THE STUDENT COMPLETED HIS BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST HE ADVANCED THE PROP AND THROTTLE TO THE PROPER SETTING, THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE INSTRUCTOR THEN TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE, CALLED MIAMI EXECUTIVE TOWER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. HE THEN PREPARED THE AIRPLANE FOR A LANDING ON A HARD SURFACE ROAD. UPON LANDING THE WINGS STARTED TO CLIP TALL SHRUBS CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND INTO TALL GRASS. THE AIRPLANE ROLLED APPROX 525 FEET BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON THE FORWARD COWLING IN APPROX 3 FEET OF WATER FROM THE DRANAGE CANAEL RUNNING PARALELL TO THE ROAD. THE PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT EGRESSED ONTO THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRPLANE AND STEEPED OUT ONTO THE ROAD WITH NO INJURIES.
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