# Accident 19980726017589A: Curtis TRAVELAIR12W, Woodland, WA, July 26, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1998, 14:30 local time
- Place: Woodland, WA
- Airport: Woodland State Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9392° N, 122.6709° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9392&lon=-122.6709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11715, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11715) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 12-W (registry code 2621304, https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-travel-air-12-w) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Warner SCARAB series (registry code 64502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/warner-scarab-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTIS TRAVELAIR12W
- Reported engine: GLADEN R55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,714 total, 1,254 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980726017589A

## Narrative

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

CAUGHT LEFT WING IN GRASS ON EDGE RUNWAY. GROUND LOOPED. DAMAGED PROP AND WING. (.4)THE PILOT OF THE ANTIQUE BIPLANE STATED THAT HE PREFERRED TO LAND ON GRASS WHEN POSSIBLE, SO HE ELECTED TO LAND ON THE 800 FOOT GRASS OVERRUN AREA OF THE 1965 FOOT RUNWAY.  FROM THE AIR, THE FRESHLY MOWED OVERRUN LOOKED ACCEPTABLE, WITH THE EIGHT TO NINE FOOT HIGH STAND OF SCOTCH BLOOM SHOWING AS A DARK GREEN FROM THE AIR AND APPEARING TO BE GRASS.  HE SLIPPED TO A LANDING, TOUCHED DOWN STRAIGHT AND WAS TRACKING NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE MOWED AREA WHEN HIS RIGHT WING TIP CAUGHT IN THE SCOTCH BLOOM.  THE VEGETATION PULLED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND THE LOWER LEFT WING IMPACTED THE GROUND, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  ACCORDING TO FAA INSPECTORS, THE FIRST SIGNATURES OF IMPACT WERE 62 FEET FROM THE NEAR END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP 247 FEET FROM THE NEAR END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE WIDTH OF THE MOWED AREA OF THE RUNWAY WAS 49.5 FEET, AT THE TIME THE FAA INSPECTOR CHECKED IT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE MOWED OVERRUN OF 800 FEET WAS MOWED 25 FEET WIDE UP TO THE EDGE OF THE EIGHT TO NINE FEET HIGH S                                                                      CRUB BRUSH AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND THAT HIS AIRPLANE HAD A 28 FOOT WING SPAN. (-23) WHILE LANDING AIRCRAFT, RIGHT WING CONTACTED TALL GRASS. LANDING ON RIGHT WING PULLED AIRCRAFT AROUND WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO CAUSE LEFT WING TO CONTACT GROUND. ONE PROP BLADE WAS BROKEN (WOODEN BLADES) AT THE TIME LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 SEA98LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA151), Jul 26, 1998: Curtiss-Wright 12W (N11715), Woodland, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot in command misjudged clearance from high vegetation when he landed. Factors include inadequate mowing of high vegetation by airport personnel, providing insufficient clearance for the…

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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