# Accident 20220703011669A: Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160, Findlay, OH, July 3, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2022, 09:30 local time
- Place: Findlay, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0024° N, 83.5895° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0024&lon=-83.5895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55JV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55JV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cubcrafters CC11-160 (registry code 060006N, https://openairdocs.org/model/cubcrafters-cc11-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Titan OX-340CC (registry code 59470, https://openairdocs.org/engine/titan-ox-340cc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CUBCRAFTERS INC CC11-160
- Reported engine: TITAN OX-340CC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 35 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA310) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220703011669A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 3, 2022 AROUND 9:30 AM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS TAKING OFF IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A CUB CRAFTERS CC11-160 MODEL.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAKING OFF IN A FIELD PLANTED WITH SOYBEANS.  THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT IN THIS AIRCRAFT AFTER BEING REPAIRED FROM A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT.  PRIOR TO THE TAKEOFF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RAN THE ELECTRIC TRIM UP AND SAW THE MOVEMENT ON THE GARMIN SCREEN AND THEN RAN THE TRIM TO THE TAKEOFF POSITION.  ONCE HE SAW THE INDICATOR REACH THE TAKEOFF POSITION HE TOOK HIS FINGER OFF OF THE TRIM SWITCH AND PROCEEDED TO TAKEOFF.  AFTER ROLLING ABOUT 125 FEET HE FELT A VERY STRONG NOSE DOWN PRESSURE ON THE STICK.  AT THIS TIME HE CHOSE TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF.  WHEN HE DID THIS THE AIRCRAFT WENT UP ON ITS? NOSE AND EVENTUALLY WENT INVERTED IN THE FIELD.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REFUSED MEDICAL AID AT THE SCENE AND APPEARS TO BE UNINJURED.

## 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 ERA22LA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA310), Jul 3, 2022: Cubcrafters CC11-160 (N55JV), Findlay, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot/mechanic’s inadequate inspection of the faulty horizontal stabilizer trim switch, which resulted in an uncommanded trim movement during the takeoff roll, which resulted in an aborted…

## Other reports on N55JV (1)

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

- [Accident 20200918016189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200918016189A), Sep 18, 2020: Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160 (N55JV), Larkspur, CO, Substantial damage. On September 18th, 2020 at 1046 MDT, a Cubcrafters CC11-160 aircraft, N55JV, incurred substantial damage during takeoff from a remote strip on private…

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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