# Accident 19971218039129A: Cvac BT13A, Oxford, CT, December 18, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1997, 12:15 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67868, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67868) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Vultee BT-13A (registry code 2420224, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-vultee-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
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,330 total, 30 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971218039129A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. MADE 180 AND LANDED IN TREES.  (.4)THE PILOTS DEPARTED IN THE BT-13A.  A WITNESS OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE CLIMB AT ABOUT 50 DEGREE NOSE UP.  AS THE AIRPLANE PASSED THROUGH ABOUT 125 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, IT DID AN IMMEDIATE LEFT WING DOWN TURN AND DOVE INTO THE TREES BEYOND THE HORIZON.  THE PILOTS REPORTED THE ENGINE LOST POWER, AND THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE LEFT TANK.  POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED 17 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE LEFT TANK, AND THE RIGHT TANK EMPTY.  FUEL WAS ALSO FOUND IN THE CARBURETOR.

## 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 NYC98LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA044), Dec 18, 1997: Consolidated-Vultee BT-13A (N67868), Oxford, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of power for undetermined reasons.

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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