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FAA accident report · Travel Air 4000 · Springfield, AR · August 3, 2001

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Date
August 3, 2001 · 08:30 local
Place
Springfield, AR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N5433
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW01LA173
N5433Registered now · Travel Air 4000S/N 522 · Built 1928Airframe modelTravel Air 4000Engine modelLycoming R680Reciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) At approximately 0830 hours on 3 August 2001, N5433 a curtis travel air D4000 crashed while attempting a takeoff from a private grass strip. The pilot in command stated that he felt he was in error, in that, while executing the takeoff phase of flight, the pilot in command attempted flight prior to achieving the aerodynamic velocity required for flight. The aircraft attained approximately three feet of altitude, stalled and settled back to the terrain. This scenario was repeated approximately three intervals when the pilot in command elected to abort the takeoff. While executing the stopping phase of flight, the left wing tip brushed the adjoining vegetation; the pilot in command over reacted and inserted excessive right corrections. The pilot in command lost control of the aircraft, departed the airstrip to the right, impacted a livestock fence, continued through the fence impacting a livestock collection pen coming to rest imbedded within the corral structure. VFR weather was prevailing. No flight plan was filed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 HOURS ON 3 AUGUST 2001, N5433 A CURTIS TRAVEL AIR D4000 CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF FROM A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP. THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT HE FELT HE WAS IN ERROR, IN THAT, WHILE EXECUTING THE TAKEOFF PHASE OF FLIGHT, THE PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED FLIGHT PRIOR TO ACHIEVING THE AERODYNAMIC VELOCITY REQUIRED FOR FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT ATTAINED APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET OF ALTITUDE, STALLED AND SETTLED BACK TO THE TERRAIN. THIS SCENARIO WAS REPEATED APPROXIMATELY THREE INTERVALS WHEN THE PILOT IN COMMAND ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. WHILE EXECUTING THE STOPPING PHASE OF FLIGHT, THE LEFT WING TIP BRUSHED THE ADJOINING VEGETATION; THE PILOT IN COMMAND OVER REACTED AND INSERTED EXCESSIVE RIGHT CORRECTIONS. THE PILOT IN COMMAND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, DEPARTED THE AIRSTRIP TO THE RIGHT, IMPACTED A LIVESTOCK FENCE, CONTINUED THROUGH THE FENCE IMPACTING A LIVESTOCK COLLECTION PEN COMING TO REST IMBEDDED WITHIN THE CORRAL STRUCTURE. VFR WEATHER WAS PREVAILING. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB FTW01LA173Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMorrilton, ARthe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during takeoff. Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of experience in the accident airplane, and the rough/uneven runway.Aug 3, 2001 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N5433 · 2

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

Incident 19841004068539IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Tolleson, AZAircraft veered off narrow dirt runway striking a fence.Oct 4, 1984 · Minor damageAccident 19740502011919AFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Phoenix, AZNo.7 cyl cracked. Attempted emerg ldg on dirt rd with low airspeed,low alt. Spraying alfalfa.May 2, 1974 · Substantial damage