# Incident 19850426022259I: Curtis TRVAIR4000, El Toro, CA, April 26, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1985, 17:00 local time
- Place: El Toro, CA
- Airport: El Toro Mcas
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6761° N, 117.7310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6761&lon=-117.7310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8700, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 (registry code 2621802, https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-travel-air-4000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTIS TRVAIR4000
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850426022259I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS NR3 IN FLIGHT OF THREE INSTRUCTED TO HOLD SHORT AFTER LANDING. NO RADIO AND COLLIDED WITH NR2.

## Other reports on N8700 (3)

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

- [Incident 20210428007369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210428007369I), Apr 28, 2021: Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 (N8700), Torrance, Minor damage. Description of incident as reported by toa ATCT: on April 28, 2021 travelaire N8700 piloted by private pilot [privacy data omitted], landed on runway 29R at…
- [Incident 20210313005669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210313005669I), Mar 13, 2021: Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 (N8700), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. N8700 landed rwy 29L and was attempting to exit the rwy at taxiway foxtrot when the aircraft started an uncontrolled left turn. The aircraft came to a stop…
- [Accident 20091129022169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091129022169A), Nov 29, 2009: Curtis TRVAIR4000 (N8700), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. The pilot of the travelair, N8700, stated he was taxiing from his hangar, 2781-B, at the east t-hangars to refuel his aircraft with no intention to fly. He was…

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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