AN ACR LTT PLT FOUND A DOWNED ACFT AND RPTED THIS TO TPA TRACON.

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I NOTICED US PASSING OVER AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD OF SOME KIND WITH A SMALL SINGLE ENG SMA IN THE MIDDLE. I COULD TELL THAT THE SMA WAS ON ITS NOSE WITH THE TAIL HIGH IN THE AIR. I RPTED THE SIGHTING TO MY CAPT AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED TPA APCH AND TOLD HIM THAT WE WERE PASSING OVER A DOWNED ACFT AND TO MARK HIS RADAR SCREEN FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE. HE ADVISED ME THAT HE HAD MARKED THE SCREEN AND ASKED ME ABOUT THE ACFT; I.E.; TYPE; LOCATION; CONDITION; ETC. I WAS THEN HANDED OFF TO THE NEXT CTLR WHO ADVISED ME THAT AN ACFT HAD JUST BEEN RPTED DOWN IN THE AREA AND WOULD I KEEP A LOOK OUT. I ADVISED THE CTLR THAT I WAS THE ONE WHO HAD JUST RPTED THE DOWNED ACFT. THE CTLR ASKED ME THE ACFT'S POS; TO WHICH I REPLIED 'ABOUT 3 MI BACK.' MY WHOLE POINT WITH THIS RPT IS THIS: I HAD ALL SORTS OF NAVAIDS AT MY DISPOSAL WITH WHICH TO PINPOINT THE ACFT BUT RELIED ON A CTLR MARKING HIS SCREEN. I'M SURE IT WOULD HAVE HELPED SEARCH AND RESCUE IF I HAD NOTED A VOR RADIAL AND A DME FIX. GRANTED; IT WAS A VERY BUSY SEGMENT OF FLT; BUT I REALIZED WHEN THE NEXT CTLR ASKED ABOUT THE ACFT POS AND ALL I WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE WAS 'ABOUT 3 MI BACK' THAT I HAD DROPPED THE BALL. AS A POSTSCRIPT; ON THE NEXT LEG OF OUR TRIP BACK; OVER THE SAME AREA; TPA APCH ADVISED US THAT THE ACFT HAD BEEN FOUND AND THAT NO INJURIES HAD BEEN RPTED.