# NTSB Accident MIA03LA008
> **Cessna 172N** · 2002-10-25 · Sebring, FL, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA03LA008
- **Event ID:** 20021029X05394
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-10-25
- **Location:** Sebring, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 27.460556, -81.348335
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172N
- **Registration:** N267EP
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The student pilot's premature rotation and failure to maintain airspeed during the takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall, an uncontrolled descent, and an impact with the ground.

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