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Fatal Accident In work

NTSB CAROL · ERA26FA239

BLESSING RV-3A · N696DB

Lakeland, FL · Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:55:00 UTC

Onboard

1

Fatal

1

Serious

0

Survived

0

Status: In work · Last updated: 3d ago · View docket on data.ntsb.gov →

NTSB record

The agency's structured fields, exactly as published in CAROL. Preliminary records contain location, aircraft, and the defining sequence of events. Probable-cause analysis lands months later with the factual report.

Aircraft

General aviation

Make · Model
BLESSING RV-3A
Registration
N696DB
Regulation
Part 91 · General aviation
Operation type
Personal
Defining event
Enroute-cruise · System/Component Failure (Non-Powerplant)
Phase of flight
Enroute
Site condition: VMC · Visual meteorological conditions

What outlets are reporting · 3 facts from 2/2 relevant headlines

Deterministically extracted from news headlines. Each fact is the literal phrasing the press used; the outlet count shows how many ran the same line. No AI inference, no rewrite — click an outlet to read the original. Headlines must mention this event's location, tail, or aircraft to be included.

Site
Investigation

Extraction is rule-based and conservative — it surfaces what headlines literally say. Headlines that didn't mention this event's location, aircraft, or tail are excluded to keep facts attributable. The full press timeline below is unfiltered.

Press timeline · 2 headlines

Same-day coverage from Google News, queried on tail number, location, and aircraft type. Click through to the original outlet — we don't mirror or rehost.

  1. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 · DailyRidge.com

    Authorities Confirm Fatality In Aircraft Crash Near Lakeland – FAA Investigation Expected - DailyRidge.com
  2. Tue, 20 Jan 2026 · WSMV

    Airline extends Nashville flight schedule through summer 2026 with service to Florida, New York and more - WSMV

Refreshed 3d ago. Headlines via Google News RSS. Queries used: "N696DB" crash"Lakeland, FL" "plane crash" 2026.

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Cross-references

Source of record for the agency line: NTSB CAROL. Source of record for the press line: Google News RSS. This page synthesizes both and links to each — it is not the report itself, and the Atlas does not draw conclusions about cause until the NTSB does.