# Accident 20080517838072A: Curtis TRVAIR4000, Hollister, CA, May 17, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2008, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hollister, CA
- Airport: Hollister Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8933° N, 121.4103° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8933&lon=-121.4103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3945, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3945) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Travel Air 4000 (registry code 2621818, https://openairdocs.org/model/travel-air-4000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright CURTISS OX5 (registry code 67002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-curtiss-ox5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTIS TRVAIR4000
- Reported engine: WRIGHT OX5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 100 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080517838072A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 17,2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:00 PST AT HOLLISTER AIRPORT (KCVH), HOLLISTER, CA A TRAVELAIR, (NC3945) CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A CESSNA 206, (N4638F) WHILE TAXIING. THE TRAVELAIR STRUCK THE CESSNA'S PROPELLER WITH IT'S RIGHT WING DURING AN "S" TURN. THE TRAVELAIR SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND THE CESSNA RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

## 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 LAX08LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA146), May 17, 2008: Travel Air 4000 (N3945), Hollister, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain physical clearance from the other airplane while taxiing.

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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