AIB Report F16 and C150 Mid-Air Collision vicinity Berkeley County SC USA, 7 July 2015
AIB Report F16 and C150 Mid-Air Collision vicinity Berkeley County SC USA, 7 July 2015
On 7 July 2015, a mid-air collision occurred between an F16 and a Cessna 150 in VMC at 1,600 feet QNH in Class E airspace north of Charleston SC after neither pilot detected the conflict until it was too late to take avoiding action. Both aircraft subsequently crashed and the F16 pilot ejected. The parallel civil and military investigations conducted noted the limitations of see-and-avoid and attributed the accident to the failure of the radar controller working the F16 to provide appropriate timely resolution of the impending conflict.







