# Incident 20200623006209I: Cessna 172M, Miami, FL, June 23, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2020, 12:30 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami Executive Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: YDFS
- Location: 25.6476° N, 80.4332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI EXEC (TMB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6476&lon=-80.4332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555CV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555CV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D2J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,217 total, 1,039 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200623006209I

## Narrative

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

PART 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (FAA CERT. NO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) OPERATING, CESSNA CE-172M, N555CV, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INSTRUCTING STUDENT PILOT WITH SINGLE ENGINE INSTRUCTION, DEPARTED MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (TMB) RUNWAY 9R WHEN AT 400 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND FELT AN EXPLOSION COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE. FLIGHT CREW REPORTED AIRCRAFT COCKPIT STARTED TO GET SMOKE AND LANDED SAFELY ON RUNWAY 27R TMB. NO INJURIES TO FLIGHT CREW AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT EXCEPT TO ENGINE.

## Other reports on N555CV (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20250711009719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250711009719I), Jul 11, 2025: Cessna 172M (N555CV), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Student pilot returns from her first solo cross country and had a hard landing resulting in a bounce striking the propeller and damage to the nose wheel. She…

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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