# Incident 19800707059849I: Curtis TRVAIR4000, Lodi, CA, July 7, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1980, 11:30 local time
- Place: Lodi, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1216° N, 121.2908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lodi, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1216&lon=-121.2908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3977, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3977) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 (registry code 2621802, https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-travel-air-4000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTIS TRVAIR4000
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 8,000 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/19800707059849I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED DURING AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING. A CARBURETOR GASKET HAD FAILED, CLOGGING THE CARBURETOR.

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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