# Accident 19980802037619A: Cvac BT15, Stevensville, MD, August 2, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1998, 19:14 local time
- Place: Stevensville, MD
- Airport: Kentmorr Airpark Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9895° N, 76.2996° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9895&lon=-76.2996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N550C-2013-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Vultee BT-15 (registry code 2420312, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-vultee-bt-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright 975E&F-2&3 (registry code 67015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-975e-f-2-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC BT15
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980802037619A

## Narrative

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

A WITNESS REPORTED THE PILOT TOLD AN EMPLOYEE AT A RESTAURANT NEAR THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT THAT HE WOULD MAKE A LOW PASS AND DIP HIS WINGS. OTHER WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE PILOT MADE A STEEPLY BANKED, NEAR VERTICAL TURN. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LEVEL FLIGHT ATTITUDE WITH LITTLE INDICATION OF HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT. THE AIRPLANE BURNED AFTER IMPACT. (.4)ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, BEFORE THE FLIGHT, AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT, THE PILOT TOLD A WAITRESS THAT HE WOULD FLY BY THE RESTAURANT AND WAVE.  THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE AIRPORT, INITIALLY FLEW WEST, THEN SOUTH, PARALLEL TO THE SHORE LINE. AT THE MARINA, THE AIRPLANE FLEW BY AT A LOW ALTITUDE, ABOUT 150-300 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.  IT THEN MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN, AND THE WINGS WERE PERPENDICULAR TO THE GROUND.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE DROPPED, AND IT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO DESCEND.  IT DISAPPEARED BEHIND TREES, AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, WITNESSES HEARD THE IMPACT AND SAW A COLUMN OF SMOKE.

## 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 IAD98FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA086), Aug 2, 1998: Consolidated-Vultee BT-13A (N550C), Stevensville, MD, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain aircraft control while buzzing a building.

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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