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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Utah County Sheriff CCX-2000 · Spanish Fork, UT · March 4, 2024

Date
March 4, 2024 · 12:35 local
Place
Spanish Fork, UT
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N505UC
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR24LA101
Reported as
Utah County Sheriff CCX-2000
Reported engine
Lycoming CC363I
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
309 total28 in this make and model17 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.

The pilot was performing touch and goes at spk, while making the second landing the aircraft began to drift to the left. The pilot corrected with right rudder and applied brakes. The aircraft swung quickly to the right and the tail swung to the left. The aircraft went into a ground loop. The aircraft went off the right side of the runway. The left main wheel dug into the mud and collapsed under the aircraft. The left wing and elevator impacted the ground. This caused damage to the left elevator, the left wing tip, the left aileron. The aircraft had substantial damage. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES AT SPK, WHILE MAKING THE SECOND LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND APPLIED BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT SWUNG QUICKLY TO THE RIGHT AND THE TAIL SWUNG TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A GROUND LOOP. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL DUG INTO THE MUD AND COLLAPSED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT WING AND ELEVATOR IMPACTED THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ELEVATOR, THE LEFT WING TIP, THE LEFT AILERON. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

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