# Accident 19810621035729A: Curtis TRVAIRD4D, Kansas City, KS, June 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1981, 17:30 local time
- Place: Kansas City, KS
- Airport: Fairfax
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1481° N, 94.5997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fairfax Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1481&lon=-94.5997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N434P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N434P-2018-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Travel Air D-4-D (registry code 2621012, https://openairdocs.org/model/travel-air-d-4-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680 (registry code 41540, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTIS TRVAIRD4D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,550 total, 204 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81FCG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FCG41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810621035729A

## Narrative

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

TAIL WHEEL SPRING BROKE ON LANDING. LOST CONTROL WHEN TAIL WHEEL CASTERED. GROUND-LOOPED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC81FCG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FCG41), Jun 21, 1981: Travel Air D4D (N434P), Kansas City, KS, 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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