# Incident 20160802014359I: Cessna 152, Miami, FL, August 2, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2016, 15:28 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Kendall-Tamiami Exec
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: D4RS
- 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: N48810, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 26,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160802014359I

## Narrative

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

@ 1928Z (3:28PM (L)), N48810, C152, DEAN INTERNATIONAL (D4RS) AIRCRAFT. TWO PERSONS ON BOARD WITH NO INJURIES AND NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME.

STUDENT ON A PRIVATE PILOT CHECK RIDE WITH A DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER. THE EXAMINER FAILED THE STUDENT AND TOOK CONTROLS TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS ISSUES AS THEY RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. APPROXIMATELY A MILE FROM THE AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST ALMOST ALL POWER AND HAD LOUD NOISES. THE DPE SUSPECTED A VALVE FAILURE. THE DPE DECIDED TO MAKE AN OFF-FIELD LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD NEXT TO A FARMING FIELD. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND THE ENGINE WAS STILL TURNING BUT NOT PRODUCING ANY APPRECIABLE THRUST. INSPECTOR GARCIA AND I SHOWED UP AT SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 6PM. COPIED THE PILOTS AND AIRCRAFT RECORDS. INSPECTOR GARCIA INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT WHILE I INTERVIEWED THE PILOTS. STATEMENTS WERE REQUESTED FROM THE PILOTS AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO BE MOVED. MAINTENANCE RECORDS WERE REQUESTED BY INSPECTOR GARCIA FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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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