# Incident 20250125000279I: Cessna 172M, Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 25, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2025, 11:00 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80213, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80213) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320-E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250125000279I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT AND CFI PERFORMING MANEUVERS WHEN ENGINE STARTED RUN RUFF, FLIGHT CREW DECIDED TO LAND ON A DIRT ROAD IN THE EVERGLADE 14 MILES WEST OF OPF. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURES TO CREW.

## Other reports on N80213 (2)

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

- [Incident 20070702013129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070702013129I), Jul 2, 2007: Cessna 172M (N80213), Iowa City, IA, No damage. (-23) Pilot declared emergency due to smoke in the cockpit. Aircraft landed without further incident at iow. Maintenance personnel found that the alternator…
- [Accident 20021205035769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021205035769A), Dec 5, 2002: Cessna 172M (N80213), Moline, IL, Substantial damage. (.19) On December 5, 2002, at 1945 central standard time, a Cessna 172M, N80213, operated by flying country club as a rental airplane, was found to have…

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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