ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 318727
| Date: | Monday 14 November 2022 |
| Time: | c. 13 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Empresa Nacional de Servicios Aéreos-ENSA |
| Registration: | CU-A1885 |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | Shvetsov ASh-62IR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | W of Miami-Dade County, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL (TNT/KTNT) |
| Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE/KFXE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Cuban Antonov An-2 aircraft overturned during a forced landing in the Everglades about 15 miles west of the Opa-Locka Airport. The two occupants were not injured.
The aircraft had been flown to Miami-Dade Collier Airport, FL (TNT) on October 21, 2022 by a pilot seeking asylum in the United States.
After landing at TNT, the pilot was detained, and the airplane was taken into custody by United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Custody of the airplane was transferred to a national seized property contractor, who then hired a subcontractor to move the airplane. The subcontractor determined that the airplane was airworthy and decided to fly it from TNT to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), Florida, where it could then be placed in a general property warehouse.
Prior to takeoff from TNT, the pilots performed preflight and runup inspections. After the runup the flight departed for FXE about 13:06. After a few minutes of flight, the pilot noticed that the airplane was producing more smoke than was normal.
The pilots continued the flight and were flying over a canal that ran through the Everglades with a levee on the east side of the canal. About 1325, the engine started to lose power, the airspeed decreased, and the airplane began descending. About 13:30, the pilot aligned the airplane with the levee and touched down on the main landing gear. As the tailwheel was about to touch down, the airplane turned to the left, and the pilot was unable to keep the airplane on the levee. The airplane then rolled down the bank on the side of the levee, contacted the water, nosed over, and came to rest inverted in water and vegetation.
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