# Incident 20220727023239I: Cessna 152, West Miami, FL, July 27, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2022, 15:35 local time
- Place: West Miami, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: XVES
- Location: 25.7578° N, 80.2969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7578&lon=-80.2969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25469, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25469) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220727023239I

## Narrative

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

THIS OFFICE RECIEVED REPORT OF AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT FROM MIAMI TRACON.CIRCUMSTANCES WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ C152 SQUAKED 7700 AND WAS OBSERVED DESCENDING OUT OF 300 FEET, AT 1935Z LANDED ON HWY41 12 MILES WEST OF KROME AVE. 2 SOULS ABOARD, NO INJURIES, NO APPARENT AIRFRAME DAMAGE, AIRCRAFT ENGINE FAILED. NO ATC SERVICE AT TIME OF INCIDENT.

INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE WAS ON SCENE WHERE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON MIAMI HWY 41, 12 MILES WEST OF KROME AVENUE IN MIAMI, MILE MARKER 30. AIRCRAFT PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY LANDING ON THIS HWY HEADING EAST AT  LATITUDE N25, 45' 42.33', LONGITUDE W 80', 40', 26.90'15:35Z LOCAL TIME. AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MICCOSUKEE POLICE TO HWY 41 MILE MARKER 30. INVESTIGATION AS TO WHAT HAPPENED, INSPECTORS NOTICED HEAVY VOLUME OF OIL AT THE NOSE WHEEL AND ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT. OIL STAINED THE HWY UPON LANDING. FURTHER INSPECTION RESULTING IN THE ENGINE COWLING REMOVAL AND OBSERVED THE ENGINE'S # 3 CYCLINDER HAD BLOWN FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK. THIS ENGINE EXPERIENCED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO THE #3 CYCLINDER COMING APART. INSTRUCTOR PILOT PROVIDED A DETAILED STATEMENT OF THE EVENTS LEADING TO THE EMERGENCY LANDING.

## Other reports on N25469 (3)

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

- [Incident 19920201001529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920201001529I), Feb 1, 1992: Cessna 152 (N25469), Bemidji, MN, Minor damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft on a crosswind takeoff. Veered off runway into snow bank.
- [Incident 19870530041369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870530041369I), May 30, 1987: Cessna 152 (N25469), Eveleth, MN, Minor damage. Solo student landed on a closed runway. Damage to the nose gear.
- [Accident 19840128003539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840128003539A), Jan 28, 1984: Cessna 152 (N25469), Detroit Lakes, MN, Substantial damage. Struck a snowbank on short final. CFI blamed blowing snow obscured obstruction. Was too low and slow for conditions

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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