# Accident 20021005028319A: Curtis TRVAIR4000, Tillamook, OR, October 5, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2002, 13:45 local time
- Place: Tillamook, OR
- Airport: Tillamook Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4139° N, 123.8122° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4139&lon=-123.8122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4949, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4949-2010-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 (registry code 2621802, https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-travel-air-4000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680E series (registry code 41545, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680e-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTIS TRVAIR4000
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021005028319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACTUAL REGISTRATION NUMBER IS NC4949. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE "V" BRACE ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BROKE. THE PIC WAS UNAWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, CONDUCTED HIS SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT AND LANDED. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE LEFT AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK IN A GRASS AREA AND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS OR PILOT. THE INVESTIGATION PROVED THE ORIGINAL "V" BRACE WELD BROKE ON THE TAKEOFF AND CAME OUT OF THE SADDLE. THE WHEEL WAS ATTACHED TO THE AXLE BUT COULD NOT SUPPORT THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING.

## 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 SEA03LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA001), Oct 5, 2002: Curtiss-Wright Travel Air 4000 (N4949), Tillamook, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fracture of the weld joining the left main wheel strut to the left/right main wheel axel resulting in separation of the strut from the axle during an unknown phase of operation which ultimately…

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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