Travel Air 4000 N241
1 August 1972 · Redgranite, Wisconsin, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 August 1972 at about 10:30 local time, a Travel Air 4000 registered N241 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Redgranite, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 10:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Redgranite, Wisconsin, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Travel Air 4000
- Registration
- N241
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → Wautoma, Wis
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2845
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
WEEDS ENTANGLED BOTH BRAKE ATTACH LEVERS, CAUSED BRAKES TO LOCK.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Travel Air 4000 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jul 1973 | Travel Air 4000 | Tollison, Arizona, United States | Country BOY CR | No injuries | - |
| 23 Apr 1973 | Travel Air 4000 | Lodi, California, United States | Precissi Flyin | No injuries | - |
| 2 May 1974 | Travel Air 4000 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | Cntry BOY Crop | No injuries | - |
| 2 Mar 1968 | Travel Air 4000 | Glendale, Arizona, United States | C.c.mothershed | Serious injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 1968 | Travel Air 4000 | Alamo, Texas, United States | Mid Valley DUS | Minor injuries | - |
| 4 Sep 1967 | Travel Air 4000 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | Caldwell C MOT | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |