# NTSB GAA18CA417: Travel Air 2000, N8870, Shelter Island, NY, June 30, 2018 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 30, 2018, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC) - Place: Shelter Island, NY - Coordinates: 41.071666, -72.326667 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0717&lon=-72.3267&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 18, 2019 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 97750 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA18CA417 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97750/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=97750 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA417 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a tree during taxi. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Travel Air 4000, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md?model=2621818), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Travel Air 4000, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md?model=2621818), [All aircraft, 933 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Travel Air 4000, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=2621818), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that, after landing, while making a 180° left turn at the end of the runway, the right wing struck a tree branch. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported that, after landing, while making a 180° left turn at the end of the runway, the right wing struck a tree branch. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8870](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8870), registered now, S/N 937, built 1929 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Travel Air 2000 (Undesignat) - Registry model: [Travel Air 4000](https://openairdocs.org/model/travel-air-4000) (registry code 2621818) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental W670 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (registry code 17018, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 937 - Year built: 1929 - Airframe hours: 2000 - Engines: Continental W-670-6N 220 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, January 2, 2018 - Departed: HTO, East Hampton, NY - Destination: NY03, Shelter Island, NY - Airport: NY03, Klenawicus Airfield, runway 20, 1,700 × 200 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: Handheld GPS ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 61; injuries: none; airline transport, flight engineer; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review December 2, 2017; seat: rear; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 12,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 8,000 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F - Observed at: KHTO, 8 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20180630008929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180630008929A), Jun 30, 2018: Travel Air Mfg Co 2000, Shelter Island, NY, Substantial damage. Airman landed his aircraft to the south and continued his landing roll out further south than usual due to an aircraft landing behind him. He taxied the… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 10, 2018, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=97750. 1.7 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 733 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40467309&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Accident Photo (item 2, .PDF, 973 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40467310&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photo-Master.PDF 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. 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