Aaa Aircraft Leasing 192 accident near Miami, FL
On December 6, 2002, an Aaa Aircraft Leasing 192 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Miami, FL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 6, 2002
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Aircraft
- Aaa Aircraft Leasing 192 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 25.800°N, 80.295°W
- NTSB ID
- 20021211X05593
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 5, 2002, about 2040 eastern standard time, an AAA Aircraft Leasing 192 experimental airplane, N192FW, experienced an in-flight fire, followed by a loss of control and impact with a building owned by the Federal Reserve in Miami, Florida. The airplane, registered to AAA Aircraft Leasing of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and operated by Four Winds Aircraft of New Smyrna Beach, was destroyed, and the building was damaged. The commercial pilot and the private pilot-rated passenger were fatally injured. There were no injuries to anyone on the ground. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 business flight. The flight departed from Marathon, Florida, about 2000 with an intended destination of New Smyrna Beach. The flight was transitioning through the Miami Class B airspace and receiving visual flight rules (VFR) advisories from Miami Approach Control. According to a transcript prepared by the facility, at 2033:36, one of the pilots transmitted to the controller, "is there anyone else at a lower flying airplanes uh complained of like the air stinking or anything is there a fire out um in the everglades or something." The controller responded, "nah nobody said anything yet." The pilot stated, "we just want know if it's the airplane that smells or the air." At 2035:48, the controller advised the pilot of a frequency change, and the pilot acknowledged. At 2036:06, the pilot checked in with another controller on the new frequency, and at 2036:24, the pilot acknowledged being given a curr
Probable cause
The inflight fire of undetermined origin, which resulted in pilot incapacitation, loss of aircraft control and an inflight collision with a building.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
