# Incident 20200523007139I: Consolidated Vultee BT-13A, Independence, OR, May 23, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2020, 12:30 local time
- Place: Independence, OR
- Airport: Independence State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8672° N, 123.1982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDEPENDENCE STATE (7S5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8672&lon=-123.1982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56642, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56642) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Vultee BT-13A (registry code 2420224, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-vultee-bt-13a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONSOLIDATED VULTEE BT-13A
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200523007139I

## Narrative

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

ON 5/23/20 TWO AIRCRAFT WERE PARTIES TO A NMAC AT INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT (7S5).  THE RESULT OF N56642 MANEUVERING AFTER LANDING, WHILE ON ROLLOUT ON THE RUNWAY, TO AVOID THE OPPOSING TRAFFIC WAS DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUCCESSFULLY TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND PARKED ON THE RAMP AWAITING REPAIR.

## Other reports on N56642 (1)

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

- [Accident 19960526019939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960526019939A), May 26, 1996: Cvac BT13A (N56642), Brookings, OR, Substantial damage. Wind change to tailwind ignored caused potential overrun. Veered off side runway to avoid same. Wing struck a tree.

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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