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Miami: one pilot kept saying they were too fast. The other did not answer.

NTSB, Wednesday: last 1:42 on the tape. “Too low terrain.” A go-around, then idle. Five still dead.

The Rocket News · U.S. Desk · Miami / WashingtonSeptember 9, 2026 · 6 min read

Prime Air Boeing 767 N1997A on the grass at Miami International, torn fuselage, lime Miami-Dade fire truck in color; figures at the nose in black and white. Scene photograph, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026.
Prime Air Boeing 767 N1997A on the grass at Miami International, torn fuselage, lime Miami-Dade fire truck in color; figures at the nose in black and white. Scene photograph, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026.

The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday that one pilot of the Prime Air Boeing 767 that overran Miami International on Sunday repeatedly flagged excessive speed in the last one minute and 42 seconds of the cockpit tape. There was no consistent verbal response. “Too low terrain” sounded several times before the wheels. Fifteen seconds from the end, a pilot called a go-around and the throttles rose. Four seconds later they went to idle. Sounds like departing the pavement. No speed brakes. No reversers. Five dead in a van. The U.S. desk files a conversation, not a cause.

The board’s investigative update, case DCA26MA352, put flaps to 20 at 1:42 with the speed call, gear already down, Miami Tower having cleared them for runway 30. Tuesday’s boxes had already timed first touch — nose and right main — at about 182 mph, the left main eleven seconds later, then throttles up, then idle. Investigators sat the captain, 55, 7,145 hours, and the first officer, 37, 2,655 hours, on Wednesday, along with 21 Air’s assistant chief. Miami-Dade has named them Joseph Carroll and Jaime Felipe Silva Molina. The board did not say which voice kept saying they were too fast.

A pilot called for a go-around.

Video

NTSB Media Briefing 2 — Miami runway excursion, Boeing 767 cargo · NTSBgov · Watch on NTSBgov

Sunday’s wreck is still in the grass. Names of the five in the van have not been fully released. The recorders have started to talk. The U.S. desk files the tape as it is: one pilot naming the speed, the other not answering, a go-around that lasted four seconds, and a road.

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