# NTSB SEA84LA207: Curtiss-Wright Travel AIR B9-4000, N9917, Vancouver, WA, August 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 17, 1984, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Vancouver, WA
- Coordinates: 45.620071, -122.569313 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6201&lon=-122.5693&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39995
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA207
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39995/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA207

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT HE APPLIED TOO MUCH BRAKE DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9917](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9917), registered now, S/N 1103, built 1929 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Curtiss-Wright TRAVEL AIR B9-4000 (TRAVEL AIR)
- Registry model: [Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR B9-4000](https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-travel-air-b9-4000) (registry code 2621805) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1130
- Airframe hours: 2000
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840817044659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840817044659A), Aug 17, 1984: Curtis TRVAIRB94000, Vancouver, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot misused brakes during wheel landing causing aircraft to flip inverted.

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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