NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW81FRA53
Registry · N67208
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CONSOLIDATED VULTEE BT-13A
Year of manufacture
1941 · 40 years old at event
Engine
P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19911204
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8E59F
Registrant of record
AMERICAN AIRPOWER HERITAGE FLYING MUSEUM
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
VULTEE BT-13A · N67208
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
CLOVER
Kind of flying
A2
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
170° / 10 kt
Temp
95° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002307
Total time
3,642 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,929
Age
58
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
10 TO 20FT LEFT OF RWY AFTER BOUNCING.
Investigator remarks
UN TO SEE OVR NOSE IN LNDG ATTITUDE.TCHDWN APRX
Cause factors
- 64/C/25 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
- 64/B/62 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 1962.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1962.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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