# Accident 20230628008319A: Black Sheep Aviation LLC CCX-1865, Big Creek, ID, June 28, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2023, 12:45 local time
- Place: Big Creek, ID
- Airport: Mile Hi Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1485° N, 115.0003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1485&lon=-115.0003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N510US, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N510US) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Black Sheep CCX-1865 (registry code 05634RB, https://openairdocs.org/model/black-sheep-ccx-1865) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aerosport CC-340 (registry code 01320, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aerosport-cc-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLACK SHEEP AVIATION LLC CCX-1865
- Reported engine: AEROSPORT CC-340
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,800 total, 425 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230628008319A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT MADE AN APPROACH TO LANDING AT THE MILE HI IDAHO AIRSTRIP LOCATED ON A MOUNTAIN RIDGETOP AT AN EVELVATION OF 5831'MSL. THE AIRSTRIP IS 560' IN LENGTH WITH AN UPSLOPE OF 18-22%. UPON LANDING ROLLOUT, THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DECELERATING AS EXPECTED. HE IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT BREAKS WERE NOT EFFECTIVE.  BOTH TIRES WERE WET AND LOCKED SLIDING ON THE WET GRASS AND HE WAS QUICKLY RUNNING OUT OF USABLE AIRSTRIP. THE PILOT STATED A GO-AROUND WOULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN CATASTROPHIC. THEREFORE, HE ELECTED TO INTENTIONALLY INITIATE A GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT, APPLYING FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND ADDING POWER TO AVOID ROLLING OVER THE STEEP ROCKY RAVINE. THE GROUND LOOP RESULTED IN SUBSTANSIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ELEVATOR AND LEFT OUTBOARD AILERON.

## 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 WPR23LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA246), Jun 28, 2023: Black Sheep CCX-1865 (N510US), Big Creek Ranger Station, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to identify the wet landing surface and his subsequent inability to maintain directional control and stop during landing on the unimproved grass runway, which resulted in a runway…

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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