# Incident 19790305008669I: Travel Air D-4-D, Lafayette, LA, March 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1979, 16:15 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2241° N, 92.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2241&lon=-92.0198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N434N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N434N-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Travel Air D-4-D (registry code 2621012, https://openairdocs.org/model/travel-air-d-4-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright 760A B D E&ET (registry code 67009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-760a-b-d-e-et) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R760E2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790305008669I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RING COWLING MOVED FORWARD AND CONTACTED PROP. INADEQUATE NUMBER OF COWLING LOCATOR FITTINGS USED.

## Other reports on N434N (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860921051589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860921051589I), Sep 21, 1986: N434N, Oakland, CA. Engine ran rough and quit after sky writing. Safe landing. Suspect gear on the back of the crankshaft jammed.
- [Accident 19800413010329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800413010329A), Apr 13, 1980: Curtis TRVAIRD4D (N434N), Candor, NC, Substantial damage. Prop oil seal ruptured. Oil on windscreen and goggles. Landed in soft field. Airplane nosed over.
- [Accident 19780823019409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780823019409A), Aug 23, 1978: Curtis TRVAIRD4D (N434N), Des Moines, IA, Substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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