19990306017869I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cvac BT-13A · Brownsville, TX · March 6, 1999

Date
March 6, 1999 · 13:10 local
Place
Brownsville, TX
Airport
Brownsville-South Padre International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N68955
Reported as
Cvac BT13A
Reported engine
WRIGHT R975*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total150 in this make and model25 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.

(-5) Aircraft N68955 lost power at approximately 300 feet AGL after take off of runway 17 at Brownsville (bro) airport. The aircraft landed straight ahead in a small clearing one mile south of the airport.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) AIRCRAFT N68955 LOST POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AGL AFTER TAKE OFF OF RUNWAY 17 AT BROWNSVILLE (BRO) AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD IN A SMALL CLEARING ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.