# Accident 19800907039999A: Cvac BT13A, Waco, TX, September 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1980, 15:36 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Madison-Cooper
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5493° N, 97.1467° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waco, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5493&lon=-97.1467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66791, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66791-2002-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair BT-13A (registry code 2420204, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-bt-13a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC BT13A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,127 total, 125 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DPA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPA17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800907039999A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT DURING ROLL-OUT WHEN BRAKE FAILED.

## 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 FTW80DPA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPA17), Sep 7, 1980: Cnsd Vultee BT-13 (N66791), Waco, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N66791 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20010514010969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010514010969A), May 14, 2001: Cvac BT13A (N66791), Odessa, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23)Flight instructor was scheduled to provide transition training in a BT-13 to another confederate air force (caf) pilot member. They were observed orbiting…

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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