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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cvac BT-13 · Titusville, FL · March 10, 1989

Date
March 10, 1989 · 18:10 local
Place
Titusville, FL
Airport
Space Center Executive Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N63163
Reported as
Cvac BT13
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total60 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost directional control trying to take off in excessive crosswind. Ran off runway, ground looped, broke right gear

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL TRYING TO TAKE OFF IN EXCESSIVE CROSSWIND. RAN OFF RUNWAY, GROUND LOOPED, BROKE RIGHT GEAR