# NTSB Accident SEA03LA001
> **Curtiss-Wright Travel Air 4000** · 2002-10-05 · Tillamook, OR, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA03LA001
- **Event ID:** 20021021X05349
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-10-05
- **Location:** Tillamook, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.413887, -123.812225
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Curtiss-Wright
- **Model:** Travel Air 4000
- **Registration:** N4949
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The fracture of the weld joining the left main wheel strut to the left/right main wheel axel resulting in separation of the strut from the axle during an unknown phase of operation which ultimately lead to the left gear collapse and subsequent nose-over on landing roll.

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