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NTSB and FAA Scrutinize Pembroke Pines Plane Crash as Mayor Demands Safety Review

The wreckage is being analyzed to pinpoint possible mechanical or pilot errors during the aircraft’s final approach.

A 1976 Cessna T337G crashed in a Pembroke Pines neighborhood on Sunday, July 13, 2025. The plane was trying to land at North Perry Airport when it crashed about a mile short, the National Transportation Safety Board said. (Antoinette Proffitt/Courtesy)
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The wreckage from a plane crash in Pembroke Pines on Sunday night. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Overview

  • Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are probing factors that caused a Cessna T337G to clip a tree one mile from North Perry Airport on July 13.
  • Recovery teams have moved the plane’s wreckage to a secure Jacksonville facility for thorough examination of engines and control systems.
  • Pembroke Pines Mayor Angelo Castillo has urged Broward County to commission an independent safety assessment of North Perry Airport after more than 35 related incidents since 2021.
  • Neighbors wielding an ax, garden hose and fire extinguisher extinguished an engine fire and freed the pilot and three passengers, all of whom sustained only minor injuries.
  • Pilot Carlos Balza Cardenas reported that he lowered his landing gear and added throttle but experienced a sudden loss of thrust just before impact.