# Accident 19730808025709A: Cvac BT15, Madera, CA, August 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1973
- Place: Madera, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 36.9662° N, 120.0859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Madera, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9662&lon=-120.0859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66982, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66982-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair BT-15 (registry code 2420302, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-bt-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC BT15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,253 total, 113 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FVA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730808025709A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

No narrative was filed.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK74FVA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVA12), Aug 8, 1973: Convair BT-15 (N66982), Madera, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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