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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Consolidated Vultee BT-13A · Joseph, OR · August 12, 2016

Date
August 12, 2016 · 14:20 local
Place
Joseph, OR
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N53331
Reported as
Consolidated Vultee BT-13A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
182 total58 in this make and model6 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.

During landing rollout on runway 33, the aircraft departed the runway to the right and onto the grass. The airman added full power to initiate a go-around and the aircraft veered left, crossed the runway, and departed the runway off the left side onto the grass. The aircraft hit a small berm, shearing both main gear off between the wing attach points and the wheel assemblies. The aircraft nosed over FAR enough for the propeller to come into contact with, and be stopped by, the ground. The aircraft sustained damage to the landing gear, wingtips, propeller, belly, left aileron, and right elevator.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 33, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND ONTO THE GRASS. THE AIRMAN ADDED FULL POWER TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT, CROSSED THE RUNWAY, AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY OFF THE LEFT SIDE ONTO THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SMALL BERM, SHEARING BOTH MAIN GEAR OFF BETWEEN THE WING ATTACH POINTS AND THE WHEEL ASSEMBLIES. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER FAR ENOUGH FOR THE PROPELLER TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH, AND BE STOPPED BY, THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, WINGTIPS, PROPELLER, BELLY, LEFT AILERON, AND RIGHT ELEVATOR.

Other reports on N53331 · 1

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