William Ledger made one of the toughest landings of his life Thursday, as he put his C-120 down near the crashed AA-1A (file, right) of his friend, John Jordan.

Jordan, 48, of Bossier City (LA), was flying Ledger's 13-year-old daughter, Erika, on a pleasure flight, as Mr Ledger flew nearby. For reasons yet unknown, Jordan's plane crashed as Ledger watched from the Cessna.

Jordan was killed in the impact. A third airplane from the area continued circling, to help with rescue crews, who were trying to save critically-injured little Erika. She was pronounced dead at LSU Hospital.

Erika was visiting her dad, enjoying her dad's friend's newly-acquired airplane.

**   Report created 1/3/2003   Record 1   **
IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 2481N        Make/Model: C120      Description: C120
  Date: 01/02/2003     Time: 1942
  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage:
LOCATION
  City: 4 MI. N SHREVEPORT   State: LA   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
  ON JAN 2, 2003 AT 1342C, N2481N, A CESSNA 120, DEPARTED SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (DTN) AS A FLIGHT OF TWO WITH N9226L. N9226L CRASHED 4 MILES NORTH OF SHREVEPORT. N2481N REPORTED THE ACCIDENT, THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND IN A FIELD CLOSE TO THE SITE. DURING LANDING N2481N NOSED OVER AND SUSTAINED PROP DAMAGE. SHREVEPORT, LA.
INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:  1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Pleasure      Phase: Landing      Operation: General Aviation
  Departed: (DTN) SHREVEPORT, LA        Dep Date: 01/02/2003   Dep. Time:
  Destination: NORTH PRACTICE AREA      Flt Plan: UNK          Wx Briefing: U
  Last Radio Cont:
  Last Clearance:
  FAA FSDO: BATON ROUGE, LA  (SW03)               Entry date: 01/03/2003

**   Report created 1/3/2003   Record 6  **
IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 9226L        Make/Model: AA1      Description: AA-1A
  Date: 01/02/2003     Time: 1946
  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Fatal     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
  City: 4 MI. N SHREVEPORT   State: LA   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
FLIGHT OF TWO DEPARTED SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (DTN) APPROXIMATELY 1942Z. LEAD AIRCRAFT, N2481N (C120), ADVISED ATC THAT N9226L MAY HAVE GONE DOWN. TWO OR MORE AIRCRAFT CIRCLED THE AREA, SPOTTED AIRCRAFT AT 2027Z. SHREVEPORT, LA.
INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   1
                 # Crew:  1     Fat:   1     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   1     Min:   0     Unk:   
WEATHER: METAR KDTN 021953Z AUTO 31013G22KT 10SM FEW041 09/M01 A3001
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Pleasure      Phase: Unknown      Operation: General Aviation
  Departed: (DTN) SHREVEPORT, LA        Dep Date: 01/02/2003   Dep. Time: 1946
  Destination: NORTH PRACTICE AREA      Flt Plan: NONE         Wx Briefing: N
  Last Radio Cont: 4 MI N DTN
  Last Clearance: CLRD FOR TAKEOFF
  FAA FSDO: BATON ROUGE, LA  (SW03)               Entry date: 01/03/2003