# Accident 20060827017189A: Curtis TRVAIRC4000, Elmira, OR, August 27, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2006, 14:00 local time
- Place: Elmira, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0614° N, 123.3903° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0614&lon=-123.3903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6298, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6298) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR C-4000 (registry code 2621806, https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-travel-air-c-4000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTIS TRVAIRC4000
- Reported engine: CONT W670*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 260 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060827017189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT, WITH FEMALE PASSENGER IN FRONT SEAT, INITIATED TAKE-OFF TO THE NORTH ON GRASS 3000 FOOT BY 50 FOOT WIDE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT GROUND IN APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AND INITIALLY CLIMBED NORMALLY. AS AIRCRAFT CAME CLOSE TO TOP OF TREE LINE IT LOST LIFT AND STARTED TO DESCEND. PILOT MADE A SHALLOW RIGHT TURN AROUND TWO TALL PINE TREES THEN TURNED BACK LEFT TOWARDS RUNWAY. IN STEEP LEFT BANK (APPROXIMATELY 60-90 DEGREES) AIRCRAFT STALLED, DESCENDED AND HIT ROOF OF HOUSE LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED OVER HOUSE IMPACTING GROUND AND TWO PARKED VEHICLES IN FRONT OF HOUSE. WHEN AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST PILOT GOT OUT OF AIRCRAFT AND PULLED FEMALE PASSENGER OUT. PASSENGER WAS DECLARED DEAD BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL UPON THEIR ARRIVAL.

## 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 SEA06LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA169), Aug 27, 2006: Curtiss-Wright Travel Air C-4000 (N6298), Elmira, OR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an airspeed above stall speed (Vs) while turning to avoid trees along the side of the runway during the initial climbout after takeoff. Factors include, a variable…

## Other reports on N6298 (1)

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

- [Accident 20030411004939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030411004939A), Apr 11, 2003: Curtis TRVAIRC4000 (N6298), Florence, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) On landing at 6S2, tail wheel was perpendicular to center position. When tail wheel contacted ground surface, aircraft veered right off runway and lifted…

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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