# Accident 20001116041539A: Sarasota-Braden, FL, November 16, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2000, 15:56 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Braden, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3954° N, 82.5544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (SRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3954&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: 1MIL (not matched to a registry record)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001116041539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 16, 2000, AT ABOUT 1548 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AN F-16, MILITARY JET OPERATED BY THE 347TH WING, AIR COMBAT COMMAND, HOME STATION AT MOODY AFB, VALDOSTA, GA, AND A CESSNA 172, REGISTRATION NUMBER N73829, REGISTERED TO CRYSTAL AEROGROUP, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCED A MID AIR COLLISION IN THE VICINITY OF BRADENTON, FL. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE F-16 WAS ONE OF TWO AIRCRAFT OPERATING ON A LOW ALTITUDE TRAINING MISSION. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE CESSNA 172. THE PILOT OF THE F-16 SUCCESSFULLY EJECTED AND WAS UNHARMED, WHILE THE CESSNA PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE TWO F-16'S DEPARTED MOODY AFB AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME, WHILE THE CESSNA 172 DEPARTED SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SARASOTA, FL ABOUT 18 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL THE TWO F-16'S CANCELLED IFR AND BEGAN A VFR DESCENT. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATES THE TWO (2) F-16'S ENTERED CLASS B, AND CLASS C, AIRSPACE WITHOUT ESTABLISHING TWO-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. THE CESSNA 172 DEPARTED SRQ UNDER VFR ENROUTE TO ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, FL. THE CESSNA 172 CRASHED IN THE ROSEDALE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB AREA, BRADENTON FL. THE F-16 CRASHED APPROXIMATELY THREE (3) MILES SOUTH OF THE CESSNA 172, AND FIVE (5) MILES EAST OF SARASOTA,IN A WOODED AREA.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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