- Date
- August 17, 1984, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Vancouver, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9917Curtiss-Wright Travel AIR B9-4000
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840817044659A
- Case key
- 39995
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Nose over
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Brakes(normal) - excessiveCause
Analysis
The pilot stated after the accident that he applied too much brake during the landing roll. The aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9917
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wright Travel AIR B9-4000 (TRAVEL AIR)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1130
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Curtis Wright R-760, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stew Mitzel
- Registered owner
- Stew Mitzel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OS2 · Oregon City, OR
- Destination
- 59S · Vancouver, WA
- Airport
- 59S · Evergreen, runway 28, 2,400 × 42 ft, asphalt
N9917Registered now · Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR B9-4000Airframe modelCurtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR B9-4000Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,170 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDT, 5 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.