Cessna 172N accident near Elliott Key, FL
On July 20, 2014, a Cessna 172N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Elliott Key, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 20, 2014
- Place
- Elliott Key, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 25.438°N, 80.200°W
- NTSB ID
- 20140721X23027
Official records · ERA14LA346
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- FAA Controller Statements: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn July 20, 2014, at 1446 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N737TP, operated by Dean International Inc., was destroyed when it collided with the Atlantic Ocean following a vertical descent near Elliott Key, Florida. The student pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight which departed Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB), Miami, Florida, about 1244. The solo instructional flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 141. According to the pilot's flight instructor, the purpose of the flight was for the student pilot to remain in the traffic pattern at TMB and complete 3 takeoffs and landings. The airplane was dispatched at 1140, and the school was notified of the accident by a 911 operator at 1446. According to information from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the airplane took off about 1230 and remained in the traffic pattern for 15 minutes before it departed the airport traffic area. Four witnesses on the west side of Elliott Key provided statements to the police and their summaries of the events were consistent throughout. Two witnesses said their attention was drawn to the sound of the airplane's engine. They said the engine was "wide open" and at "full power" as the airplane descended vertically out of view on the west side of the key, and the sound of impact was heard. Two witnesses said the nose of the airplane "pitched up" momentarily before the airplane descended vertically at full power. In a telephone interview, one o
Probable cause
The airplane’s vertical descent into water for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident airplane examinations revealed no mechanical anomalies.
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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.
