# Accident 20180321009819A: Cub Crafters PA18-150, Beggs, OK, March 21, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2018, 17:45 local time
- Place: Beggs, OK
- Airport: Eagle Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7936° N, 96.0297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7936&lon=-96.0297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N226JK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N226JK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cub Crafters PA18-150 (registry code 2470000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cub-crafters-pa18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CUB CRAFTERS PA18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,849 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180321009819A

## Narrative

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

THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PRIVATE PILOT RATED PASSENGER WHERE FLYING A DAY VFR PART 91 LOCAL FLIGHT.    THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN 4 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT DATE.  DURING PREFLIGHT 10 GALLONS OF 100 LL FUEL WAS ADDED TO THE LEFT FUEL TANK. 30 GALLONS TOTAL WAS IN THE AIRCRAFT FOR TAKEOFF.  START, TAXI AND RUN UP WERE NORMAL. AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY 35, APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET INTO THE CLIMB, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER FOR 5 SECONDS AND RESTARTED, THEN LOST POWER AGAIN. THE PILOT MADE A LEFT TURN, DESCENDING AND HIT A DRAINAGE DITCH.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, THE WINGS BROKE AT THE STRUT ATTACH POINT AND THE AIRCRAFT SPUN 180 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEADING APPROXIMATELY 300 DEGREES AFTER IT CAME TO A STOP.   THERE WAS NO FIRE AND NO LEAKING FUEL.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT THOUGHT THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR.  THE PILOT HAD INJURED HIS LEFT ANKLE AND THE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT DID SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AND VERIFIED THERE WERE NO BROKEN BONES, JUST A SPRAIN.

THE FLIGHT CONTROLS CONTINUITY WAS VERIFIED.  THE ENGINE WOULD ROTATE BUT BECAUSE OF PROPELLER DAMAGE, THE PROPELLER COULD NOT BE ROTATED OVER 180 DEGREES.   THE FUEL VALVE WAS IN THE BOTH POSITION.  THE LEFT FUEL TANK HAD ABOUT 18 GALLONS; THE RIGHT FUEL TANK HAD APPROXIMATELY 10 GALLONS.  THE FIREWALL GASCOLATOR HAD FUEL AND NO CONTAMINATES WERE FOUND.  THE CARBURETOR HAD DETACHED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE.

THE PILOT WAS CURRENT IN TYPE AND HAS A CURRENT MEDICAL.  THE PILOT HAS A CURRENT FLIGHT REVIEW. THE AIRCRAFT HAS A CURRENT ANNUAL.

## 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 CEN18LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA125), Mar 21, 2018: Cub Crafters PA18 150 (N226JK), Beggs, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to verify that the fuel selector was properly set before takeoff, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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