# Accident 20240526005829A: Brant T Phillips SUPER CUB EXP, Franktown, CO, May 26, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2024, 16:30 local time
- Place: Franktown, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3903° N, 104.7524° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3903&lon=-104.7524&mi=10
- Aircraft: N983SB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N983SB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brant T Phillips SUPER CUB EXP (registry code 05642CV, https://openairdocs.org/model/brant-t-phillips-super-cub-exp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRANT T PHILLIPS SUPER CUB EXP
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,184 total, 27 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240526005829A

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS FLYING FROM COS TO THEIR PROPERTY FOR LANDING. IN AIRPLANE AVIONICS REPORTED WINDS WERE QUARTERING HEADWIND. PIC ATTEMPTED TO LAND ENCOUNTERED SINKING WINDS, APPLIED FULL POWER TO ATTEMPT A GO AROUND. DUE TO THE HIGH SINK RATE THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DECEND AND HIT A FENCE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FUSALAGE, RIGHT SIDE STRUT, LANDING GEAR AND TAIL. PIC PULLED POWER BACK AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE ONCE FULLY STOPPED AND EXITED.

## 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 CEN24LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA198), May 26, 2024: Brant T Phillips Super Cub EXP (N983SB), Franktown, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during final approach and attempted go-around after encountering a sudden windshear.

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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