# Incident 19970409005489I: Zlin 526F, Lakeland, FL, April 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1997, 12:48 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N526ZL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N526ZL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Moravan ZLIN 526F (registry code 5920102, https://openairdocs.org/model/moravan-zlin-526f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZLIN 526F
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 410 total, 10 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970409005489I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON APRIL 9, 1997, AT 1248EDT, A ZLIN, N526ZL, OWNED BY MR. DAVID MICHAELIS AND PILOTED BY MR. DAVID V. MILNER STRUCK A FLAGMAN WITH THE WINGTIP WHILE BEING MARSHALLED INTO HIS PARKING SPACE AT THE LAKELAND AIRPORT NEAR LAKELAND, FLORIDA. THE FLAGMAN RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT MR. DAVID V. MILNER HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 136960134. THE PLEASURE FLIGHT TO SUN N' FUN ORIGINATED AT GEORGETOWN, SC ON APRIL 9, 1997 AT APPROXIMATELY 0800EDT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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