# Accident 20240301006319A: Cub Crafters PA18-150, New Smyrna Beac, FL, March 1, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2024, 13:57 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9789° N, 80.9248° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9789&lon=-80.9248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N143CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N143CC) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240301006319A

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPLAINED THAT HE CIRCLED AROUND THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING AFTER DROPPING OFF A BANNER. WHIKE ON FINAL APPROACH AND ABOUT 50 FEET, AN AIRLERON CABLE SNAPPED OFF AND HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. AFTER LANDING THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT AND ENDED UP HITTING A HANGAR AND DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES.

BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED, WITH BOTH WING SPARS BEING BENT AND FRACTURED IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS. THE PROPELLER WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED WITH BOTH PROP BLADES BEING CURLED, TORQUED, SCRATCHED AND SHOWING SIGNS OF HAVING MADE CONTACT WITH SURFACE OBJECTS WHILE UNDER POWER. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FRAME WAS FRACTURED, AND THE EMPENNAGE SHOWED SIGNS OF BEING BENT, BUCKLED AND CRUSHED IN NUMEROUS AREAS AFT OF THE ENGINE FIRE WALL. FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE CONTROL STICK TO THE ELEVATOR AND THE FLAP CONTROL SYSTEM. THERE WAS NO CONTROL CONTINUITY FROM THE CONTROL STICK TO EITHER THE LEFT OR RIGHT AILERON. INSPECTION OF THE LEFT WING SHOWED THAT THE LOWER AILERON CABLE WAS FRAYED AND BROKEN AT THE FUSELAGE PULLY. THE CABLE WAS EXTREMELY DIRTY AND SHOWED SIGNS OF CORROSION. WHERE THE CABLE BROKE THERE WAS DIRT, OIL AND SAND EMBEDDED BETWEEN THE CABLE STRANDS.

## 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 ERA24LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA128), Mar 1, 2024: Cub Crafters PA18-150 (N143CC), Edgewater, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s failure to detect the worn aileron cable during the most recent inspections, which resulted in the separation of the aileron control cable and a subsequent loss of airplane…

## Other reports on N143CC (1)

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

- [Incident 20050325004999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050325004999I), Mar 25, 2005: Piper PA18150 (N143CC), Hemby Bridge, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was practicing a short field landing. He was almost stopped when he hit the heel brakes too hard and flipped the aircraft over.

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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