# Accident 19890725025229A: Curtis TRVAIR4000, Lodi, CA, July 25, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1989, 07:15 local time
- Place: Lodi, CA
- Airport: Lodi Airpark Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MBEG
- Location: 38.1099° N, 121.1594° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1099&lon=-121.1594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1592, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1592-2001-01-09) (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
- Reported engine: CONT W670*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,299 total, 1,721 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89DVD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DVD04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890725025229A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINES AND CRASHED DURING AERIAL APPLICATION.

## 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 LAX89DVD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DVD04), Jul 25, 1989: Travel Air 4000 (N1592), Lodi, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO SEE AND AVOID POWER LINES, WHILE DISTRACTED BY A MOVING VEHICLE ON THE GROUND.

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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