# Incident 19990306017869I: Cvac BT13A, Brownsville, TX, March 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1999, 13:10 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: Brownsville-South Padre International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9017° N, 97.4975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brownsville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9017&lon=-97.4975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68955, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68955) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Vultee BT-13A (registry code 2420224, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-vultee-bt-13a) (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 BT13A
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R975*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 150 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990306017869I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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