- Date
- June 1, 1967
- Place
- Pottstown, PA · POTTSTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N69687Vultee BT13A
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116533
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1776 67/6/1 POTTSTOWN,PA VULTEE BT13A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 4000 TIME - 1500 N69687 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POTTSTOWN-LIMRICK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69687
- Reported as
- Vultee BT13A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pottstown-Limrick
N69687Registration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Consolidated Vultee BT-13Airframe modelConsolidated Vultee BT-13Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.