# Accident 20200805010169A: Piper PA-25-235, Miami, FL, August 5, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2020, 13:25 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7506° N, 80.1522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7506&lon=-80.1522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N223AB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 338 total, 41 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA275) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200805010169A

## Narrative

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

PILOT OPERATING UNDER PART 91 BANNER TOWING OPERATING PIPER PA-25-235, SERIAL NUMBER 25-3995, REGISTRATION N223AB FROM NORTH PERRY AIRPORT (HWO) WITH ONE PILOT ON BOARD. PIPER N223AB, OWNER AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA. AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED TO HAVE EXTREME LOSS OF POWER WHICH CAUSED AN INABILITY TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, PILOT ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON ACCESS ROAD INSIDE MIAMI DADE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPACTING FENCING AND CRASHING INTO FENCING WITH LEFT WING. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, PILOT UNINJURED.

## 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 ERA20LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA275), Aug 5, 2020: Piper PA25 (N223AB), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to carburetor ice that was not detected by the pilot.

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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