# Incident 20051218033529I: Cvac BT13, Lorain / Elyria, OH, December 18, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2005, 17:55 local time
- Place: Lorain / Elyria, OH
- Airport: Lorain County Reg Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4388° N, 82.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lorain, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4388&lon=-82.1797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8527P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8527P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Vultee BT-13 (registry code 2420222, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-vultee-bt-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC BT13
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,156 total, 2,120 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051218033529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER REFUELING THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ WAS TAXIING OUT OF THE FBO WHEN HE MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN HIS AIRCRAFT AND A PARKED PA-24-250 AND HE RAN INTO THE TAIL OF THAT AIRCRAFT CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8527P (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19940820033139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940820033139I), Aug 20, 1994: Cvac BT13 (N8527P), Batavia, NY. Engine failed during flyby at an airshow. Emergency off airport landing.
- [Incident 19840910052179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840910052179I), Sep 10, 1984: Cvac BT13A (N8527P), Peoria, NY. Oil pressure dropped to zero. Landed safely in a mowed field. Oil line to the oil pressure gauge had failed.

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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