# Accident 20200628008969A: Orchard Richard CCK-1865, Juneau, AK, June 28, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2020, 15:00 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.1414° N, 134.3772° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.1414&lon=-134.3772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N153CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N153CC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Orchard Richard CCK-1865 (registry code 056283G, https://openairdocs.org/model/orchard-richard-cck-1865) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ORCHARD RICHARD CCK-1865
- Reported engine: ECI O-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 521 total, 33 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC20CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200628008969A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED PAJN AT 2:18 PM FOR FLIGHT FOR PLEASURE. AFTER FLYING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES PILOT INTENDED TO LAND ON A BEACH ON ADMIRALTY ISLAND. AFTER

AN OVERFLIGHT FOR INSPECTION OF THE SURFACE AND WIND CONDITIONS, PILOT MADE AN APPROACH TO THE BEACH WITH THE WATER ON THE LEFT AND FOREST ON THE RIGHT. THE WIND WAS CALM.  ESTIMATED TOUCHDOWN SPEED AT 40 MPH. TOUCHDOWN AND INITIAL ROLLOUT WERE UNEVENTFUL. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 150-200 FEET OF DECELERATION THE PLANE MADE A SUDDEN UNINTENDED TURN TO THE RIGHT. ESTIMATED SPEED AT THAT POINT TO BE 15 MPH. AT THIS POINT THE LEFT WING TIPPED DOWNWARD IMPACTING THE SAND AND THE WINGTIP BECAME LODGED IN THE SAND. THERE WAS NO PROP STRIKE. THE PILOT SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND EXITED THE PLANE TO FIND THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SHOCK HAD BENT TO AN ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES AND THE MAIN GEAR HAD FOLDED UNDERNEATH THE BELLY OF THE PLANE. HE BELIEVED THAT GEAR COLLAPSE HAPPENED PRIOR TO THE WINGTIP STRIKING THE GROUND.

NOTE:  PILOT RECEIVED TAILWHEEL ENDORSEMENT ON MARCH 04, 2020.

## 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 ANC20CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA062), Jun 28, 2020: Cub Crafters CCK-1865 (N153CC), Juneau, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout, which resulted in a ground loop.

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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