- Date
- August 22, 1973
- Place
- Galveston, TX · GALVESTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2200SConvair BT-13A
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730822031449A
- Case key
- 188983
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2872 73/8/22 GALVESTON TEX CONVAIR BT-13A CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 7139 TIME - 1738 N2200S PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHOLES FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANGLETON,TEX GALVESTON TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TOO CLOSE TO OTR ACFT INITIATED GO-AROUND.HIT GND IN A STEEP NOSE DWN ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2200S
- Reported as
- Convair BT-13A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Scholes Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2200S · 1
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