# Accident 20210928013079A: Cessna 172G, Miramar, FL, September 28, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2021, 23:00 local time
- Place: Miramar, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 334S
- Location: 25.9825° N, 80.2786° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9825&lon=-80.2786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4118L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4118L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA383) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210928013079A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N4118SP WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY NIGHT INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT FROM NORTH PERRY AIRPORT TO NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  AIRCRAFT N4118 RETURNED FROM THE NAPLES AIRPORT TO THE NORTH PERRY AIRPORT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED IN THE MIRAMAR PARKWAY STREET AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A TREE AND RESTED ON THE SIDEWALK OF THE AVENUE. AIRCRAFT N4118L SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGES. PILOT IN COMMAND AND STUDENT PILOT WERE THEN TAKEN TO A NEAR HOSPITAL WITH SEVERE INJURIES.

FAA OPS INSPECTOR WILL INITIATE AN ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION AGAINST THE PILOT IN COMMAND / CFI.

## 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 ERA21LA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA383), Sep 28, 2021: Cessna 172 (N4118L), Miramar, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate preflight and inflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the flight instructor’s injury was her…

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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