# Incident 19810320020959I: Curtis TRVAIR2000, Lakeland, FL, March 20, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1981, 13:00 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6117, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6117) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Travel Air Mfg 2000 (registry code 2621606, https://openairdocs.org/model/travel-air-mfg-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright CURTISS-0XX6 (registry code 67003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-curtiss-0xx6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTIS TRVAIR2000
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 100 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/19810320020959I

## Narrative

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

GUST OF WIND PICKED UP RIGHT WING OF TAKEOFF ROLL. PLANE DROPPED ON LEFT AXLE WHICH BROKE. WING TIP AND PROP 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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