- Date
- March 18, 1970
- Place
- Lakeland, FL · LAKELAND, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4126ZPiper PA-18USN15445LTV A-7B
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136968
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1052 70/3/18 LAKELAND,FLA LTV A-7B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 0916 USN15445 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC 25, 919 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 1 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSONVILLE,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-RATE OF CLOSURE PREVENTED SUCCESSFUL EVASION. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US MILITARY CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- 2 SHIP FORMATION. 3-5 MI VIS AT FLT ALT DUE HAZE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1052 70/3/18 LAKELAND,FLA PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1500 TIME - 0916 N4126Z PX- 0 0 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 850 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORLANDO,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-RATE OF CLOSURE PREVENTED SUCCESSFUL EVASION. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-US MILITARY CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- NAVY A7 L WG SEPARATED TAIL OF PIPER.A7 LND OK.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4126Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- USN15445
- Reported as
- LTV A-7B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage