# NTSB ERA26LA007: Cessna 172, N433PT, Miami, FL, October 7, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: October 7, 2025, 14:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: Miami, FL · 10 miles from nearest road in everglades
- Coordinates: 25.643439, -80.659485 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6434&lon=-80.6595&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201814
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA007
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201814/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA007

## Preliminary report

On October 07, 2025, at 1440 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N433PT, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Miami, Florida. The private pilot and the flight instructor were uninjured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The flight was an instructional flight for the private pilot to practice commercial pilot maneuvers in preparation for the pilot's commercial check ride. The pilots departed from Miami Executive Airport (TMB), Miami, Florida and proceeded southwest to an area to perform the maneuvers. The pilots reported performing multiple chandelles and an accelerated stall. After completing the accelerated stall, the pilots performed a simulated emergency descent. After recovering about 550 ft above ground level, they began a climb out. The pilots reported that after climbing about 300 ft, the engine started to act “erratically” and there was a loss of about 500 rpm. The pilots stated that the airplane would not climb and then determined that a forced landing would be required. The pilots landed the airplane in a shallow-water area of the Florida Everglades; during the landing, the airplane flipped over. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that it had sustained substantial damage to the left wing, vertical stabilizer, and rudder. The wreckage was retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N433PT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N433PT), registered now, S/N 17263088, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (M)
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17263088
- Year built: 1974
- Airframe hours: 12251.1
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Pilot Training Center LLC
- Registered owner: Pilot Training Center LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, September 3, 2025
- Departed: TMB, Miami, FL
- Equipment: ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 11 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.90 inHg
- Observed at: TMB, 12 nm away
- METAR: METAR KTMB 071853Z AUTO 09011G19KT 10SM FEW029 31/24 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP123 T03110244=

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.

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