- Date
- May 22, 2026, 15:18 local (19:18 UTC)
- Place
- Jupiter Farms, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N294PLTextron 172S
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260522010159A
- Case key
- 203056
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On May 22, 2026, about 1518 eastern daylight time, a Textron Aviation 172S, N294PL, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Jupiter Farms, Florida. The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The flight instructor reported that the airplane departed the North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport (F45), West Palm Beach, Florida, with a total of 56 gallons of fuel onboard. About 40 minutes into the flight, while at an altitude of about 1,800 ft mean sea level (msl), during a practice climb, the flight instructor observed a decrease in engine rpm from 2,400 to 2,200. The flight instructor assumed control of the airplane; however, the engine rpm continued to decrease followed by a total loss of engine power. Unable to restart the engine, the flight instructor conducted an emergency landing in a plowed field, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing. The airplane was recovered and retained for further examination.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N294PL
- Reported as
- Textron 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S13017
- Built
- 2023
- Airframe hours
- 2,518.6
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerospring Leasing LLC DBA
- Registered owner
- Aerospring Leasing LLC DBA
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 25, 2026 · 85.5 hours before
- Departed
- F45 · West Palm Beach, FL
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 21 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KPBI 221953Z 11015KT 10SM SCT025 SCT250 31/23 A3003 RMK AO2 PK WND 11026/1938 SLP167 T03110233 $=
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.