Consolidated-Vultee BT-13A N56642

Summary

On 26 May 1996 at about 21:30 local time, a Consolidated-Vultee BT-13A registered N56642 was involved in an accident near Brookings, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 May 1996 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Brookings, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Brookings State (BOK)

Coordinates

42.1302, -124.2392

Aircraft

Consolidated-Vultee BT-13A

Registration

N56642

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Arcata → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA96LA098

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's misjudgment of distance/speed during the approach to landing, his failure to attain a proper touchdown point for landing, and his failure to perform a go-around, while there was sufficient runway and airspeed remaining. The tailwind was a related factor.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he was performing take-offs and landings in his World War II vintage aircraft. He stated that the wind direction reversed and became gusty, while he was in the traffic pattern for another landing on runway 12. The pilot elected to continue the approach and landing. He stated that when he realized he had a tail wind, it was 'too late for go-around.' He elected to veer the airplane off to one side of the runway into brush rather than continue off the opposite end of the runway and down a bluff. The right wing of the airplane impacted a fir tree. The airplane then spun around, and the left wing struck a tree stump. No preimpact mechanical deficiency was reported.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.