Curtis-Travel Air 4000 N5433
3 August 2001 · Morrilton, Arkansas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 August 2001 at about 13:30 local time, a Curtis-Travel Air 4000 registered N5433 was involved in an accident near Morrilton, Arkansas, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 13:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Morrilton, Arkansas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Hetrick Ranch Turf Strip (NONE)
- Coordinates
- 35.1506, -92.7398
- Aircraft
- Curtis-Travel Air 4000
- Registration
- N5433
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Positioning
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Morrilton → McAlester
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW01LA173
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during takeoff. Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of experience in the accident airplane, and the rough/uneven runway.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During the takeoff roll on the private grass airstrip, at 50-60 knots, the pilot raised the tail of the vintage bi-plane to a takeoff attitude. The right main landing gear hit a bump, the airplane became airborne and banked left. The pilot over corrected back to the right, and the right wingtip hit the ground. The right wingtip drug along the ground, and the airplane turned right and went through a barbed wire fence. The pilot aborted the takeoff, and the airplane landed hard separating the main landing gear. The airplane then impacted a piece of farm equipment with the left wing and a fence post with the right wing before coming to rest upright. At the time of the accident, the pilot had logged a total flight time of 2300 hours, of which 500 hours were in tail-wheel equipped airplanes. The pilot had 0.6 hours in the accident airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2001 | Stinson 108-3 | Dover, Arkansas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Apr 2001 | Boykin B J B8M | Clarksville, Arkansas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 7 Aug 2001 | Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18 | Dumas, Arkansas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Jun 2001 | Air Tractor AT-502B | Marvell, Arkansas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 Jun 2001 | Air Tractor AT-502B | Newport, Arkansas, United States | Name | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jul 2001 | Cessna 205 | De Queen, Arkansas, United States | George E. Nelson | Fatal | 4 |