N3242 is a 1927 Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 3 seats, powered by a Lycoming R680 rated at 215 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Waban, MA. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Apr 1976. It has been registered to its current owner since May 2022. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
- 99 years old
- 1 of 55 Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000
2022
1976
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The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that he was cleared to taxi to the departure runway. He added that while taxiing he was doing S-turns to see over the nose of his airplane, and "must have missed a call to the aircraft [airplane] ahead of him," which had been instructed to hold short of the upcoming taxiway. His airplane impacted the empennage of the stopped airplane that was holding short.
His airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, and the stopped airplane sustained substantial damage to the empennage.
Both pilots reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with their airplane's that would have precluded normal operation.
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