# NTSB Accident MIA01FA028
> **Lockheed-Martin F-16CG** · 2000-11-16 · BRADENTON, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA01FA028
- **Event ID:** 20001212X22313
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-11-16
- **Location:** BRADENTON, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 27.434999, -82.449996
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Lockheed-Martin
- **Model:** F-16CG
- **Registration:** USAF
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the failure of the F-16 flight lead pilot and F-16 accident pilot to maintain an adequate visual lookout while maneuvering.  Factors contributing to the accident were:  the F-16 flight lead pilot’s decision to discontinue radar traffic advisory service, the F-16 flight lead pilot’s failure to identify a position error in his aircraft’s navigational system, the F-16 pilots subsequent inadvertent entry into class C airspace without establishing and maintaining required communications with air traffic control (ATC); and  ATC’s lack of awareness that there was more than one F-16 aircraft in the formation flight, which reduced the ATC controllers ability to detect and resolve the conflict that resulted in the collision.

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