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FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Miami, FL · November 26, 2019

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Date
November 26, 2019 · 12:02 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Opa Locka
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
V6OS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N611EA
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,250 total1,100 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days
N611EARegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17272471 · Built 1979Airframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Part 145 maintenance facility positioned their Boeing 737 on taxiway h between rwy 12 and 9R to conduct a high power runup. While they were still there, the Cessna 172 took off from rwy 12 with two persons on board for an instructional flight. At appx. 700 ft as the C-172 was turning to crosswind, they experienced a gradual power loss. The CFI took over the controls and reported to the tower a partial power loss and that they will make a full stop landing.

Tower cleared the C-172 to land on rwy 9R. The Cessna landed without an incident and reported they exited on taxiway g. the tower then cleared them to taxi on g northbound and shortly after cleared them to cross rwy 12. At that time the jet blast from the Boeing 737 caught the C-172 and there was no more responses from the C-172 to the tower. The jet blast lifted the left wing of the C-172 and then the tail in the air, striking its wing tip and the propeller into the ground. The C-172 ended up on it's wheels facing south after the jet blast ceased.

The ground crew conducting the high power runup alerted the person in the cockpit to pull back the power as they witnessed the C-172 being lifted in the air by the jet blast. It appears no-one noticed the Cessna prior to the incident taking place.

The tower attempted to contact the C-172 three times after witnessing the incident, asking if they were ok. However,there was no longer a response from the pilots as they had turned off the master switch after pulling the mixture out and turning off the fuel selector.

As the FAA filed it

PART 145 MAINTENANCE FACILITY POSITIONED THEIR BOEING 737 ON TAXIWAY H BETWEEN RWY 12 AND 9R TO CONDUCT A HIGH POWER RUNUP. WHILE THEY WERE STILL THERE, THE CESSNA 172 TOOK OFF FROM RWY 12 WITH TWO PERSONS ON BOARD FOR AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. AT APPX. 700 FT AS THE C-172 WAS TURNING TO CROSSWIND, THEY EXPERIENCED A GRADUAL POWER LOSS. THE CFI TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND REPORTED TO THE TOWER A PARTIAL POWER LOSS AND THAT THEY WILL MAKE A FULL STOP LANDING.

TOWER CLEARED THE C-172 TO LAND ON RWY 9R. THE CESSNA LANDED WITHOUT AN INCIDENT AND REPORTED THEY EXITED ON TAXIWAY G. THE TOWER THEN CLEARED THEM TO TAXI ON G NORTHBOUND AND SHORTLY AFTER CLEARED THEM TO CROSS RWY 12. AT THAT TIME THE JET BLAST FROM THE BOEING 737 CAUGHT THE C-172 AND THERE WAS NO MORE RESPONSES FROM THE C-172 TO THE TOWER. THE JET BLAST LIFTED THE LEFT WING OF THE C-172 AND THEN THE TAIL IN THE AIR, STRIKING ITS WING TIP AND THE PROPELLER INTO THE GROUND. THE C-172 ENDED UP ON IT'S WHEELS FACING SOUTH AFTER THE JET BLAST CEASED.

THE GROUND CREW CONDUCTING THE HIGH POWER RUNUP ALERTED THE PERSON IN THE COCKPIT TO PULL BACK THE POWER AS THEY WITNESSED THE C-172 BEING LIFTED IN THE AIR BY THE JET BLAST. IT APPEARS NO-ONE NOTICED THE CESSNA PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT TAKING PLACE.

THE TOWER ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE C-172 THREE TIMES AFTER WITNESSING THE INCIDENT, ASKING IF THEY WERE OK. HOWEVER,THERE WAS NO LONGER A RESPONSE FROM THE PILOTS AS THEY HAD TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH AFTER PULLING THE MIXTURE OUT AND TURNING OFF THE FUEL SELECTOR.