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Event MIA85LA148

1985-04-16 VERO BEACH, Florida, United States Airport · VRB None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2428D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18A-135

Engine

LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19730110

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A23AE1

Registrant of record

LEE BRENDA T

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

DURING A STUDENT TRNG FLT THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED THAT HE REDUCED THROTTLE ON TAKEOFF AT ABOUT 75 FT AGL, TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE STUDENT PILOT PITCHED THE NOSE OF THE ACFT UP AND THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK OVER CONTROL OF THE ACFT, LOWERED THE NOSE, ADDED PWR, AND ATTEMPTED TO FLARE THE ACFT. HE STATED HE RAN OUT OF AFT ELEVATOR AND THE ACFT STALLED & LANDED HARD. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_MIA85LA148.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (stall, engine failure). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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