- Date
- December 21, 1980
- Place
- Lakeland, FL · LAKELAND, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19801221076441A19801221076442A
- Case key
- 127646
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3649 80/12/21 LAKELAND,FL FORNEY F-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 320 TIME - 0741 N6137C PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 312 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKELAND,FL RIVER RANCH,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED FLYING IN CLOSE FORMATION.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3649 80/12/21 LAKELAND,FL ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 243 TIME - 0741 N2106H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 2 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKELAND,FL RIVER RANCH,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED FLYING IN CLOSE FORMATION.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2106H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2106HRegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2012 · Ercoupe 415-CAirframe modelErcoupe 415-CEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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
- N6137C
- Reported as
- Forney F-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6137CRegistration cancelled Apr 26, 2013 · Forney F-1Airframe modelForney F-1Engine modelContinental C90 series
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FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.