- Date
- August 23, 1978
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N434NTravel Air D4D
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780823019409A
- Case key
- 140506
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1966 78/8/23 DES MOINES,IA TRAVEL AIR D4D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1715 N434N PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 25, 3507 TOTAL HOURS, 507 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DES MOINES MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DES MOINES,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N434N
- Reported as
- Travel Air D4D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Des Moines Muni
N434NRegistration cancelled May 19, 2015 · Travel Air D-4-DAirframe modelTravel Air D-4-DEngine modelWright 760A B D E&ET
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N434N · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB BFO88LA062Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRoanoke, VAThe plt reported that during the landing roll the tail wheel began to shimmy. He stated that since there was not enough airspeed to lift the tail of the acft, he applied brakes in an attempt to slow the acft. At this time the acft veered to the right. He…NTSB IAD80DKM16Accident · No injuriesClosedCandor, NC