# Incident 20191126021779I: Cessna 172N, Miami, FL, November 26, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2019, 12:02 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: V6OS
- 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: N611EA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N611EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191126021779I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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