ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308988
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| Date: | 07-MAR-2023 |
| Time: | c. 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Sunrise Aviation Inc opf Polk State College |
| Registration: | N9221D |
| MSN: | 2841030 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport (GIF/KGIF), Winter Haven, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, FL (LAL/KLAL) |
| Winter Haven Municipal Airport - Gilbert Field, FL (GIF/KGIF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A float-equipped Piper J3C-65 Cub (N10510) and a Piper PA-28-161 (N9221D) crashed following a mid-air collision over Lake Hartridge near Winter Haven Gilbert Airport (GIF/KGIF), Florida, USA.
Both aircraft crashed into Lake Hartridge. Two occupants in each aircraft died.
Sources:
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/03/07/2-planes-collide-at-lake-hartridge-in-winter-haven-prompting-search/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/1-dead-small-plane-crash-central-florida-fatalities/story?id=97695172
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N9221D
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=acc817&lat=28.028&lon=-81.816&zoom=13.0&showTrace=2023-03-07&leg=2
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9221D/history/20230307/1844Z/KLAL/KGIF
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/20387_1651584601.jpg (photo)
Location
Media:
PLANE CRASH UPDATE: 4 dead after 2 planes collide mid-air over Winter Haven lake https://t.co/A9KG4Vjky1 pic.twitter.com/PzgqDjQX3s
— WFLA NEWS (@WFLA) March 8, 2023
NTSB investigating the March 7 mid-air collision of a Piper J3 and a Piper PA-28 over Lake Hartridge near Winter Haven, Florida.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) March 8, 2023
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2023 07:11 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 08-Mar-2023 07:24 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2023 13:10 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2023 13:30 | johnwg | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2023 21:30 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 10-Mar-2023 21:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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