# Incident 20250218002959I: Consolidated Vultee BT-13A, Zellwood, FL, February 18, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2025, 11:30 local time
- Place: Zellwood, FL
- Airport: Orlando North Airpark
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7216° N, 81.6554° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO NORTH AIRPARK (FA83), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7216&lon=-81.6554&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67496, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67496) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250218002959I

## Narrative

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

ON 2/18/2025 AT THE NORTH ORLANDO AIRPARK (FA83) A VULTEE VALIANT (BT-13A TAILDRAGGER WWII TRAINING AIRPLANE) DURING THE POST LANDING ROLLOUT PHASE, STRUCK A GROUNDSKEEPER MOWING GRASS MOVING EAST ON A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ZERO TURN MOWER PARALLEL TO AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RWY 09 APPROXIMATELY 5’3” FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUNDSKEEPER ON THE PARIETAL BONE CAUSING AN ABRASION TO THE SCALP.  A DOCTOR EXAMINED THE GROUNDSKEEPER ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT AND FOUND THE INJURY TO BE MINOR.

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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