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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cubcrafters CC11-160 · Mack, CO · March 7, 2020

Date
March 7, 2020 · 11:00 local
Place
Mack, CO
Airport
Mack Mesa
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N78BK
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN20CA116
Reported as
Cubcrafters CC11-160
Reported engine
Cubcrafter CC340
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,113 total72 in this make and model73 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was attempting to land on a sand bar in a river. An aircraft main landing gear wheel hit water and the aircraft flipped forward on its roof and tail causing substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A SAND BAR IN A RIVER. AN AIRCRAFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL HIT WATER AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED FORWARD ON ITS ROOF AND TAIL CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.