# Accident 20180208000239A: Cessna 172M, Miami, FL, February 8, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2018, 01:50 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- 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: N9562H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9562H) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 179 total, 179 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180208000239A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 7, 2018, THE PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N9562H REQUESTED AND RECEIVED TEN GALLONS OF FUEL, PERFORMED HIS PREFLIGHT AND DEPARTED FROM NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL AIRPORT (KSGJ) AT APPROXIMATELY 22:00, ON A FLIGHT PLAN SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE AT MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KTMB). EN ROUTE, THE PILOT DISCOVERED BOTH FUEL GAUGES FLUCTUATING SIDE TO SIDES AND FINALLY STOPPING AT ZERO AFTER PASSING PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KBIT). THE PILOT MAINTAINED AN ALTITUDE OF 6,500 FEET IN CASE HE LOST HIS ENGINE UNTIL THE START OF HIS DESCENT TO 2,000 FEET; MAKING HIS DESCENT WITH CARBURETOR HEAT ON. ON FIVE-MILE FINAL APPROACH, HE REDUCED POWER AND APPLIED TEN DEGREES OF FLAPS; AT THREE-MILE FINAL, STILL HIGH, HE REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND EXTENDED TWENTY DEGREES OF FLAPS. UPON REDUCING POWER, HE NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS SHUTTING DOWN; HE APPLIED MORE POWER WITHOUT RESULTS, AND THEN TURNED OFF THE CARBURETOR HEAT, WHICH MADE NO DIFFERENCE, THE ENGINE FAILED.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 9R.  THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT BRACE TO THE FIREWALL, SHIFTED BACK CAUSING FIREWALL DAMAGE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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