# Accident 20060407011989A: Cubcft CC18180, Tallahassee, FL, April 7, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2006, 17:00 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Regionall Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5472° N, 84.3739° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5472&lon=-84.3739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N577CC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CUBCFT CC18180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 50 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06CA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060407011989A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON APRIL 7, 2006 AT 1700 HOURS EASTER DAYLIGHT TIME, A CUB CRAFTER CC-18-180 AIRPLANE, N577CC, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA UNDER PART 91, GROUND LOOPED UPON LANDING AT TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA, THE SAME DAY AT ABOUT 1500 HOURS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA06CA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA085), Apr 7, 2006: Cub Crafters CC18-180 (N577CC), Tallahassee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout while making a crosswind landing in gusting conditions which resulted in an advertent ground loop and damage to the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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