# Incident 20240512005991I: Aero Vodochody L-39, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 12, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2024, 13:05 local time
- Place: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N137EM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N137EM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L39C (registry code 05620RN, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l39c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ivchenko AL-25SERIES (registry code 34702, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ivchenko-al-25series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO VODOCHODY L-39
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,300 total, 290 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240512005991I

## Narrative

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

THERE WERE 4 AIRCRAFT IN A DIAMOND FORMATION, PERFORMING A NON-AEROBATIC MANEUVER CALLED THE “BANANA PASS” AT THE FORT LAUDERDALE 2024 AIRSHOW. THEY WERE OPERATING WITHIN THE WAIVER PERIOD AND WITHIN THE AIRBOX, WHEN 3 OF THE 4 AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY CONTACTED EACH OTHER. LEAD AIRCRAFT (N136EM) WAS DAMAGED ON THE LEFT SIDE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB, AIRCRAFT 3 (N137EM) SUSTAINED DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT WINGTIP TANK WHERE THE FRONT HALF IS BENT DOWNWARD APPROXIMATELY 60º AND RIGHT-SIDE PITOT TUBE WAS BROKEN OFF. AIRCRAFT 4 (N138EM) RECEIVED SUPERFICIAL PAINT SCRAPING AND A BROKEN ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT ON THE LEFT WING. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY ANYONE. THE AIRCRAFT, FLIGHT OF FOUR, DECLARED THE EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY AT THE FT. LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.

SEE ATQA# A-SO19-2024-045, A-SO19-2024-046 & A-SO19-2024-047

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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