# Accident 20220514007039A: Cessna 172H, Miami, FL, May 14, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2022, 12:21 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9006° N, 80.1247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9006&lon=-80.1247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8845Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8845Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 292 total, 210 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220514007039A

## Narrative

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

PART 91 OPERATION CESSNA 172H, REGISTRATION N8845Z AND SERIAL NUMBER 17255495 DEPARTED NORTH PERRY AIRPORT (HWO) WITH ONE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS TO KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (EYW). AIRCRAFT ENGINE FAILED PILOT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LAND ON THE HAULOVER BRIDGE CRASHING INTO TWO CARS AND FLIPPING UPSIDE DOWN ERUPTING IN FIRE. PILOT DECEASED AND TWO PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. CESSNA N8845Z ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other aircraft in the event

- NONE: no report for this aircraft in the release

## 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 ERA22FA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA226), May 14, 2022: Cessna 172H (N8845Z), Miami, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to carburetor ice as a result of the pilot’s failure to effectively use carburetor heat in conditions conducive to the formation of carburetor ice.

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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