# Accident 20250319002039A: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Miami, FL, March 19, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2025, 08:25 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami Executive Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 9PTS
- Location: 25.6538° N, 80.4329° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6538&lon=-80.4329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62PT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62PT-2026-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 52 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250319002039A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 19, 2025 AT 08:15EST A 2011 CESSNA C162 SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE BEARING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECIEVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR PERFORMED 2 TOUCH-AND-GO MANEUVERS AND 1 FULL STOP FLIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR RELEASED THE STUDENT FOR FIRST SOLO, PERFORMING THE SAME SCENARIO. ON THE FULL STOP THE STUDENT STARTED TO BOUNCE AFTER TOUCH DOWN. THEY INITIATED A GO-AROUND WHILE LOSING AIRSPEED AND BEGAN TO STALL. THE AIRCRAFT BANKED TO THE LEFT VARYING OFF RUNWAY 9L AND THE L/H WING MADE CONTACT BENDING UPWARDS. THE AIRCRAFT NOW BANKING NE THEN TO N CAME TO REST 500 FEET FROM 9L, NOSE FACING NORTH. INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO: FORWARD EMPENNAGE, R/H SIDE STRUCTURE INSIDE AIRCRAFT CABIN, L/H WING, R/H AND NOSE GEAR, AND PROP. NO MECHANICAL DEFICIENCIES FOUND WHICH WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE TRAINING CENTER REPORTED THAT THEY WILL CONSIDER AIRCRAFT TOTAL LOSS.

## 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 ERA25LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA149), Mar 19, 2025: Cessna 162 (N62PT), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during a go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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