- Date
- September 7, 1980
- Place
- Waco, TX · WACO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66791Cnsd Vultee BT-13
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800907039999A
- Case key
- 128834
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2306 80/9/7 WACO,TX CNSD VULTEE BT-13 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 49, 2127 TIME - 1500 N66791 PX- 0 0 1 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MADISON COOPER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WACO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT OWNED BY CONFEDERATE AIR FORCE.L BRAKE FAILED FOR UKNN RSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66791
- Reported as
- Cnsd Vultee BT-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Madison Cooper
N66791Registration cancelled Jan 8, 2002 · Convair BT-13AAirframe modelConvair BT-13AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N66791 · 1
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