Orlando Flight Training
Also recorded as: Orlando Flight Academy, Orlando Flight Training
Accident & enforcement record
Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.
NTSB accidents & incidents
14 records, spanning 2000–2025.
Operated by Orlando Flight Academy (per NTSB report)
Not yet finalized — may be revised.Operated by Orlando Flight Academy, Inc. (per NTSB report)
The pilot and the landscape worker’s inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a collision.
Operated by Orlando Flight Training (per NTSB report)
The student pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent loss of directional control.
Operated by Orlando Flight Academy (per NTSB report)
Both pilots’ failure to use emergency checklist procedures for restarting the engine after the loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Operated by Orlando Flight Training (per NTSB report)
The student pilots failure to maintain directional control after landing.
Operated by Orlando Flight Training, Inc. (per NTSB report)
The loss of engine power during cruise flight due to fuel contamination, and the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection.
Operated by Orlando Flight Training (per NTSB report)
The student pilot's improper landing flare and the flight examiner's inadequate remedial action.
Operated by Orlando Flight Training (per NTSB report)
The pilot's improper flare.
Operated by Orlando Flight Training (per NTSB report)
The pilot's improper flare and remedial action during landing resulting in an in-flight loss of control and subsequent collision with terrain. A related factor was the crosswind.
Operated by Orlando Flight Training, Inc. (per NTSB report)
The pilot's poorly planned approach during a precautionary landing following partial loss of engine power resulting in a go-around and subsequent in-flight collision with trees. A contributing factor in the accident was the inadequate maintenance by the mechanic/pilot for his failure to comply with Lycoming SB 388C, following a stuck exhaust valve.
Operated by Orlando Flight Training (per NTSB report)
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing resulting in a hard landing and damage to the airplane.
Operated by Orlando Flight Training (per NTSB report)
The inadequate supervision by flight instructor for his failure to prevent incorrect anti-torque pedal input by the student resulting in the helicopter yawing at touchdown. A factor in the accident was the incorrect anti-torque pedal input by the student pilot while performing a practice auto-rotative landing procedure from a hover.
Operated by Orlando Flight Training, Inc. (per NTSB report)
The poor in-flight planning decision by the student pilot for his failure to turn around to avoid low ceilings resulting in a precautionary landing in a field. A contributing factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience. A finding in the investigation was the pilot's intentional flight into instrument meteorologiocal conditions (IMC) on 2 separate occasions.
Operated by ORLANDO FLIGHT TRAINING, INC. (per NTSB report)
The failure of the pilot to obtain winds aloft for the planned cross country flight with a preflight weather briefing and inadequate fuel consumption calculations performed by the pilot resulting in the total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
FAA enforcement actions
No FAA enforcement actions linked to this operator.
Maintenance disclosure history
No maintenance difficulty reports on file. Note: SDR filing is largely voluntary, so absence is not evidence of a clean maintenance history.
Linked aircraft
| N-number | Make / model | Year | Status | Link basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N10632 | CESSNA 172R | 2007 | Valid Registration | Operator named in NTSB report |
| N270FT | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N498CR | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N5182Z | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N580JA | PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181 | 2022 | Valid Registration | Operator named in NTSB report |
| N67334 | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N686JA | PIPER PA-28-181 | 2022 | Valid Registration | Operator named in NTSB report |
| N69120 | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N716SD | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N7185K | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N730FT | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N93772 | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report | |
| N94999 | — | — | Operator named in NTSB report |
Aircraft with earlier records under this certificate
Maintenance and accident records on this page also cover aircraft that are not in this operator's current FAA fleet list. Charter and management fleets change — owners switch management companies, sell, or export aircraft. Where the registry shows what became of a tail, it is noted below.
1 aircraft filed records under this certificate within the last two years but are not in the fleet list we hold — fleet lists can lag actual operations.
- N686JA (PIPER PA-28-181) — records 2024 · registered to HOT WINGS AVIATION LLC (owner ≠ operator)
- N10632 (CESSNA 172R) — records 2011 · registered to SKYBLUE AVIATION CR INC (owner ≠ operator)
- N730FT — records 2008–2010 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N93772 — records 2009 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N67334 — records 2008 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N498CR — records 2006 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N5182Z — records 2005 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N270FT — records 2005 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N716SD — records 2005 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N7185K — records 2003 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N69120 — records 2001 · no longer on the FAA registry
- N94999 — records 2000 · no longer on the FAA registry