# Incident 20210612006429I: Consolidated Vultee BT-13A, Slaton, TX, June 12, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2021, 14:20 local time
- Place: Slaton, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4455° N, 101.6509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Slaton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4455&lon=-101.6509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9743N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9743N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Consolidated Vultee BT-13A (registry code 2420224, https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-vultee-bt-13a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONSOLIDATED VULTEE BT-13A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 32 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210612006429I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 12, 2021, AT 1130 CDT, A BT-13A BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N9743N, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD A SINGLE BRAKE FAILURE. SHEARED OFF THE TAIL STRUT WHEN IT DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE AFTER LANDING AT SLATON (F49) LARRY T MOORE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN SLATON, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGES. THE CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS UNINJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BLUE SKY (2TX0) AIRFIELD AMARILLO, TX ON JUNE 12, 2021, AT 1000 CDT.

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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