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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK74FVA20

1973-09-29 MADERA, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N67579

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CONVAIR BT-13A

Year of manufacture

1942 · 31 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20200714

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8F1BA

Registrant of record

GOLDEN AGE FLIGHT MUSEUM INC

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 · N67579

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

92° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000006814

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

20,000

Age

50

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/65 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Joint cause
  • 88/J/67 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT Joint cause

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 2947. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2947.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.