# Accident 20250805012279A: Cessna 172N, Pembroke Pines, FL, August 5, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2025, 09:00 local time
- Place: Pembroke Pines, FL
- Airport: North Perry
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9894° N, 80.5225° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9894&lon=-80.5225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1213F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1213F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA288) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250805012279A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM NORTH PERRY AIRPORT (FLORIDA) AT 1201 TO THE PRACTICE AREA.  STUDENT CONDUCTED A 360 DEGREE CLEARING TURN AT 1,800 FT THEN PERFORMED A LEFT STEEP TURN WITHOUT ISSUE. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT RIGHT STEEP TURN, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION. PIC TOOK CONTROL AS ENGINE FAILURE SYMPTOMS APPEARED AND HE FELT AN IMPACT ON THE FIREWALL. OIL EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE AND COVERED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE WINDSCREEN. AT 1218 PIC CALLED MAYDAY AND IDENTIFIED A DIRT ROAD WITHIN GLIDING DISTANCE. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IT VEERED LEFT AND IMPACTED NOSE-DOWN OFF THE DIRT ROAD.

## 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 ERA25LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA288), Aug 5, 2025: Cessna 172N (N1213F), Pembroke Pines, FL, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N1213F (1)

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

- [Accident 19810218004589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810218004589A), Feb 18, 1981: Cessna 172N (N1213F), Addison, TX, Substantial damage. Right wing struck an unlighted powerpole while taxiing into an area not intended for use. Disoriented in the dark.

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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