# Accident 20010803020619A: Travel Air 4000, Springfield, AR, August 3, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2001, 08:30 local time
- Place: Springfield, AR
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1506° N, 92.7398° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1506&lon=-92.7398&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5433, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5433) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Travel Air 4000 (registry code 2621818, https://openairdocs.org/model/travel-air-4000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680 (registry code 41540, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010803020619A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 FTW01LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA173), Aug 3, 2001: Curtis-Travel Air 4000 (N5433), Morrilton, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: the 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.

## Other reports on N5433 (2)

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

- [Incident 19841004068539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841004068539I), Oct 4, 1984: Curtis TRVAIR4000 (N5433), Tolleson, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft veered off narrow dirt runway striking a fence.
- [Accident 19740502011919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740502011919A), May 2, 1974: Curtis TRVAIR4000 (N5433), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. No.7 cyl cracked. Attempted emerg ldg on dirt rd with low airspeed,low alt. Spraying alfalfa.

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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