- Date
- July 1, 1967
- Place
- Battleground, WA · BATTLEGROUND, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66921Vultee BT-13B
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114735
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3543 67/7/1 BATTLEGROUND,WASH VULTEE BT-13B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 65, 531 TIME - 1815 N66921 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 291 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO.5 MASTER ROD FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66921
- Reported as
- Vultee BT-13B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N66921Registered now · Convair BT-13BAirframe modelConvair BT-13BEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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