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MIA86LA194

1986-06-28 · OPA LOCKA, Florida, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport OPF

N714MT has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-14, built 2022), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE INSTRUCTOR PLT STATED THAT ON TAKEOFF JUST AS HE TURNED HIS CROSSWIND LEG, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND HE TURNED BACK TO THE AIRPORT, LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES, THEREFORE NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE NATURE OF THE MALFUNCTION OF THE ENGINE AS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_MIA86LA194.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.