Consolidated-Vultee BT-13A accident near Racine, WI
On July 29, 1994, a Consolidated-Vultee BT-13A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Racine, WI. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 29, 1994
- Place
- Racine, WI
- Aircraft
- Consolidated-Vultee BT-13A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 42.751°N, 87.810°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X01684
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 28, 1994, at 2223 central daylight time (cdt), a Consolidated-Vultee BT-13A, N79752, registered to KWA Leasing of Libertyville, Illinois, and piloted by an airline transport rated pilot, was destroyed when it collided with an apartment building during initial climb following takeoff from runway 14 (6,556' X 100' dry asphalt) at the John H. Batten Airport, Racine, Wisconsin. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating under a flight plan. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The flight departed Racine, Wisconsin, at 2220 cdt. Two airport employees said they heard the airplane takeoff and recalled that its engine sound went from high to low RPM four times before it collided with the apartment building. A pilot of an airplane approaching the airport to land reported he saw the airplane taking off. He said the airplane "...appeared to be approximately 30 feet off the ground and not climbing or climbing at a very shallow angle." Two additional witnesses said they saw the airplane flying low before it hit the apartment building. One of these witnesses stated she was driving toward the apartment building and saw smoke coming from the airplane. She was asked how she identified smoke coming from the airplane. She said the airplane was back lighted by the moon. This witness said its engine "...sounded funny." Other witnesses described N79752's engine as "sputtering" and "backfiring." OTHER DAMAGE N79752 collided with a wood frame, twenty-unit, two story, apartment build
Probable cause
LOSS OF POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASON(S). THE DARK NIGHT WAS A RELATED FACTOR.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
