# Accident 20250223001679A: C K Ing Adventure LLC CCX-2000, Okeechobee, FL, February 23, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2025, 16:15 local time
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Airport: Okeechobee County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2641° N, 80.8538° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2641&lon=-80.8538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63CK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63CK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: C K ING Adventure CCX-2000 (registry code 05638J1, https://openairdocs.org/model/c-k-ing-adventure-ccx-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: C K ING ADVENTURE LLC CCX-2000
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,870 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250223001679A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1615 ON 02/23/2025, THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING A GRASS LANDING BETWEEN RUNWAY 05 AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SLIGHTLY PAST THE HOLD SHORT TAXIWAY. UPON TOUCH DOWN, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR (MLG) SHEARED AWAY FROM THE FORWARD MOUNT POINT AND FOLDED UNDER THE FUSELAGE.  THIS CAUSED A LEFT WING AND NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE TERRAIN 2-3 TIMES. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP APPROXIMATELY  20-30 FEET PAST THE PROPELLER STRIKE MARKS. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT AND REPORTED NO INJURIES.

THE ELT WAS FUNCTIONAL AND ACTIVATED BY THE ACCIDENT

THE GRASS LANDING AREA WAS WELL MAINTAINED, AND FEW DIVOTS/RUTS WERE EVIDENT.  THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH BACKCOUNTRY TUNDRA SMOOTH TIRES, AND ACME AERO SHOCK ABSORBERS TO ACCOMODATE UNIMPROVED FIELD LANDINGS.

THE MOST RECENT AIRCRAFT INSPECTION LOGGED WAS AN ANNUAL INSPECTION ON  10/01/2024, AND WITHIN 20 HOURS OF ACCIDENT.

POST CRASH INSPECTION OF THE LEFT MLG FORWARD TUBING STRUCTURE SHOWED INDICATIONS OF STRESS CRACK CORROSSION NEAR THE FUSELAGE ATTACH POINT WHERE THE TUBING SHEARED.   DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE CRACK, A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION WOULD NOT HAVE REVEALED THE DISCREPANCY. INSPECTION OF THE LEFT MLG BEARINGS, AXEL, BRAKE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY SHOWED NO SIGNS OF SEIZING, AND WERE WELL LUBRICATED AND MAINTAINED.

THE FORWARD FUSELAGE, ENGINE AND PROPELLER SHOWED SIGNS OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE DUE TO IMPACT WITH TERRAIN. THE FIREWALL INDICATES SIGNIFICANT DAMAGED AND THE ATTACHED FUSELAGE SKIN INDICATES SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. ONE OF THE TWO PROPELLER BLADES WAS BROKEN AT THE APPROXIMATE MID POINT OF THE BLADE.

PILOT'S CERTIFICATE AND RECENT MEDICAL (11/20/2024) VERIFED AND VALIDATED.

AIRCRAFT AIRWORTHINESS VERIFIED AS EXPERIMENTAL - AMATEUR BUILT, AND REGISTRATION VALID THROUGH 02/28/2029.

## 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 ERA25LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA125), Feb 23, 2025: C K ING Adventure CCX-2000 (N63CK), Okeechobee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A separation of the left main landing gear during landing.

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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