# NTSB FTW70F0035: Travel Air D4000, N9907, Tallulah, LA, June 20, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 20, 1969
- Place: Tallulah, LA · TALLULAH, LA
- Location: 32.4067° N, 91.1917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tallulah, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4067&lon=-91.1917&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 28, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179689
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW70F0035
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW70F0035

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1661  69/6/20    TALLULAH,LA         TRAVEL AIR D4000    CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 9210
        TIME - 1030                    N9907               PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 7000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - YERGER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 7000                       KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST)
          KIND OF CROP - COTTON                                    TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          GLOVES - NOT USED                                        GOGGLES - USED
          CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED                            COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED
          CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED                                TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
          TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT                                 ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  80
          SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
        REMARKS- R MAIN GR SEPARATED AT THE FUSELAGE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9907](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9907), registered now, S/N 1117 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TRAVEL AIR D4000
- Registry model: [Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000](https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-travel-air-4000) (registry code 2621802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Wright 760E-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-760e-1) (registry code 67010, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Yerger

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.

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