Small plane with 2 aboard crashes in the Everglades, Miami-Dade fire rescue says
A small plane with two people on board went down in a remote area in the Everglades, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said Tuesday afternoon.
The pair were stranded and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue hoisted them from the area by helicopter, a department spokesman told the Herald, adding there were no reported injuries.
The plane went down around 2:45 p.m. about 20 miles west of the Miami Executive Airport, at 12800 Southwest 145th Avenue, where it took off, according to emergency dispatch calls.
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Per initial reports, Fire Rescue said the occupants were an instructor and student pilot.
Air rescue crews canvassed the area and found the pair stranded, noting the remote crash site had “challenging terrain” and required the helicopter rescue.
“Knowing 20 miles west of this airport [Miami Executive], there is nothing but Everglades,” MDFR Flight Medic Enrique Gonzalez said. “Because of the environment that is out there, being that it is mud, and the depth of the mud is unknown to us, with the aircraft not able to sit well on that, the best way to extract those people is to lift them out.”
The aircraft’s tail number, seen on WSVN 7’s helicopter footage, showed it was a single-engine Cessna 172M owned by Pilot Training Center LLC, a business operated in the Miami Executive Airport, FAA records show.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash, but due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, the agency said it is not responding to media inquiries.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
This story was originally published October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM.
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