Orlando Flight Training

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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.

Accident · 2025-09-17 Operator named in NTSB report
PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181 (N580JA) Minor injury Part 91

Operated by Orlando Flight Academy (per NTSB report)

Not yet finalized — may be revised.
Source: NTSB case ERA25LA350
Accident · 2024-03-20 Operator named in NTSB report
PIPER PA28 (N686JA) Serious injury Part 91

Operated by Orlando Flight Academy, Inc. (per NTSB report)

The pilot and the landscape worker’s inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a collision.

Source: NTSB case ERA24LA149
Accident · 2011-09-14 Operator named in NTSB report
CESSNA 172R (N10632) No injuries Part 91

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.

Source: NTSB case ERA11CA490
Accident · 2010-08-10 Operator named in NTSB report
PIPER PA-44-180 (N730FT) Minor injury Part 91

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.

Source: NTSB case ERA10LA410
Accident · 2009-09-15 Operator named in NTSB report
CESSNA 152 (N93772) No injuries Part 91

Operated by Orlando Flight Training (per NTSB report)

The student pilots failure to maintain directional control after landing.

Source: NTSB case ERA09CA522
Accident · 2008-04-14 Operator named in NTSB report
Cessna 152K (N67334) Minor injury Part 91

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.

Source: NTSB case NYC08CA161
Accident · 2008-03-21 Operator named in NTSB report
Piper PA-44-180 (N730FT) No injuries Part 91

Operated by Orlando Flight Training (per NTSB report)

The student pilot's improper landing flare and the flight examiner's inadequate remedial action.

Source: NTSB case NYC08CA190
Accident · 2006-05-30 Operator named in NTSB report
Cessna 172R (N498CR) No injuries Part 91

Operated by Orlando Flight Training (per NTSB report)

The pilot's improper flare.

Source: NTSB case MIA06CA113
Accident · 2005-11-18 Operator named in NTSB report
Cessna 172R (N5182Z) No injuries Part 91

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.

Source: NTSB case MIA06CA021
Accident · 2005-04-15 Operator named in NTSB report
Piper PA-28-161 (N270FT) No injuries Part 91

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.

Source: NTSB case MIA05LA093
Accident · 2005-04-13 Operator named in NTSB report
Cessna 172 (N716SD) No injuries Part 91

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.

Source: NTSB case MIA05CA091
Accident · 2003-06-16 Operator named in NTSB report
Robinson R22 BETA (N7185K) No injuries Part 91

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.

Source: NTSB case MIA03CA129
Accident · 2001-08-16 Operator named in NTSB report
Cessna 152 (N69120) No injuries Part 91

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.

Source: NTSB case MIA01LA217
Accident · 2000-01-29 Operator named in NTSB report
Cessna 152 (N94999) No injuries Part 91

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.

Source: NTSB case MIA00LA078

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-numberMake / modelYearStatusLink basis
N10632CESSNA 172R2007Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report
N270FTOperator named in NTSB report
N498CROperator named in NTSB report
N5182ZOperator named in NTSB report
N580JAPIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-1812022Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report
N67334Operator named in NTSB report
N686JAPIPER PA-28-1812022Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report
N69120Operator named in NTSB report
N716SDOperator named in NTSB report
N7185KOperator named in NTSB report
N730FTOperator named in NTSB report
N93772Operator named in NTSB report
N94999Operator 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