SEA68D0193

NTSB accident investigation · Travel Air C-4000 · Camas Valley, OR · September 20, 1967

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
September 20, 1967
Place
Camas Valley, OR · CAMAS VALLEY, OR
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N379MTravel Air C-4000
Status
Completed · report February 19, 1968
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
114022

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4534  67/9/20    CAMAS VALLEY,OREG   TRAVEL AIR C-4000   CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1230                    N379M               PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   AGE 54, 17500 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 13000 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        REMARKS- ATTEMPTED LNDG ON FIELD WITH 10 INS DEEP FURROW ACROSS LNDG PATH. NO LOAD ABOARD.

Aircraft

Registration
N379M
Reported as
Travel Air C-4000
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.