# Accident 20130419005729A: Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160, Mesa, AZ, April 19, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2013, 11:30 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4564° N, 111.7236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4564&lon=-111.7236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N924JS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N924JS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cubcrafters CC11-160 (registry code 060006N, https://openairdocs.org/model/cubcrafters-cc11-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Cubcrafter CC340 (registry code 18050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cubcrafter-cc340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CUBCRAFTERS INC CC11-160
- Reported engine: CUBCRAFTER CC340
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130419005729A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS WITH AN INSTRUCTOR AND PRACTICING TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS, ALONG WITH VARIOUS OTHER AIR WORK. SEVERAL LANDINGS WERE MADE AT VARIOUS AIRPORTS PRIOR TO THE FINAL LANDING AT FFZ. THE PILOT STATED THEY WERE ON A STABILIZED APPROACH, AND WERE ATTEMPTING A WHEEL LANDING. THE PILOT STATED HE THINKS HE JUST OVER CONTROLLED THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE ROLL OUT. THE CFI STATED THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN WITH GOOD TECHNIQUE FOR A WHEEL LANDING, AND AS THE TAIL WAS COMING DOWN TO THE RUNWAY THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO VEER RIGHT, THE CFI RE-GAINED THE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WITH LEFT RUDDER, THEN RELIEVED HIS PRESSURE ON THE CONTROLS  FOR THE PILOT TO FINISH OUT THE GROUND ROLL. HE STATES THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED STRAIGHT FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN WENT HARD LEFT, THEN HARD RIGHT, BACK TO THE LEFT, THEN WENT VERY  SHARP TO THE RIGHT AND GROUND LOOPED. THE LEFT WING TIP AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER STRUCK THE GROUND, SKINNED THE FABRIC, AND WRINKLED THE LEFT AILERON, AND CAME TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT STAYED UPRIGHT, AND SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE OR PROPELLER.

NOTE THAT THIS PILOT HAS TAKEN NO LESS THAN 24 ON LINE AIR SAFETY INSTITUTE AND AOPA WINGS CREDIT CLASSES FOR CONTINUING HIS AVIATION EDUCATION SINCE 2010.

## 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 WPR13CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA202), Apr 19, 2013: CubCrafters CC11-160 (N924JS), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.

## Other reports on N924JS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20131229023859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131229023859A), Dec 29, 2013: Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160 (N924JS), Red Lodge, MT, Substantial damage. On December 29, 2013, at 1230 MST, a Cubcrafters CC11-160, N924JS, registered to a LLC, fliped after RH gear fell through the snow-packed field while taxing…

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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