# Accident 20190805013389A: Piper PA-28-140, Miami, FL, August 5, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2019, 09:40 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami Executive Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.6475° N, 80.4333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6475&lon=-80.4333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5915U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5915U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,539 total, 4 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190805013389A

## Narrative

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

PART 91 OPERATOR, OPERATING A 1970 PIPER PA-28-140 N5915U, SERIAL NUMBER 28-26897 DEPARTED (TMB) FROM RUNWAY 27R WITH ONE PRIVATE PILOT, ONE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI) AND ONE PASSENGER ONBOARD, IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF WHILE CLIMBING OUT AT 150-200 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL THE ENGINE LOST 200-300 RPM THEN STOPPED RUNNING THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON PARALLEL RUNWAY 9R, BUT WAS UNABLE AND ULTIMATELY CAME TO REST UPRIGHT IN A CORN FIELD BETWEEN RUNWAY 9R AND 9L, ADJACENT AN IRRIGATION CANAL. THE PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MODERATE INJURIES AND THE CFI IN THE RIGHT SEAT REPORTED MINOR INJURIES DUE TO IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ALL THREE LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT DURING IMPACT. THE PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT WITH MODERATE INJURIES LOST CONSCIOUSNESS SHORTLY AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN19LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA252), Aug 5, 2019: Piper PA28 (N5915U), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's and student pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the fuel system for water contamination, which resulted in a loss of engine power during takeoff and subsequent forced…

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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