# Accident 20250711010969A: Gary Weaver CCK-1865, Evanston, WY, July 11, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2025, 20:30 local time
- Place: Evanston, WY
- Airport: Evanston-Uinta County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2162° N, 111.1410° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2162&lon=-111.1410&mi=10
- Aircraft: N817GD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N817GD-2026-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gary Weaver CCK-1865 (registry code 056338N, https://openairdocs.org/model/gary-weaver-cck-1865) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Cubcrafter CC340 (registry code 18050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cubcrafter-cc340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GARY WEAVER CCK-1865
- Reported engine: CUBCRAFTER CC340
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 150 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA231) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250711010969A

## Narrative

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

SUMMARY: ON JULY 11, 2025,  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT GARY WEAVER CCK-1865 CUBCRAFTER AIRCRAFT LANDED OFF AIRFIELD IN EVANSTON, WYOMING RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES TO THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGES INCLUDED A BENT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND TORN SKIN CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE FLIGHT CONTROLS. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT WHILE FLYING OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, HE OBSERVED WHAT HE INTERPRETED AS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE (EGT) READINGS. HE SAID IT WAS SLIGHTLY IN THE YELLOW RANGE BUT DID NOT GET TO RED. AIRMAN DECIDED TO LAND IN A FIELD FOR PRECAUTIONARY PURPOSES. HE SAID THIS WAS NOT AN ABNORMAL PROCEURE FOR HIM AS HE HAS EXPERIENCE WITH HUNDEREDS OF OFF FIELD LANDINGS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND DURING ROLLOUT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK A LARGE ROCK AND BROKE THE LEFT GEAR, CAUSING THE PLANE TO VEER INTO A SMALL CREEK AND FLIP OVER. PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXIT AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.

## 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 WPR25LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA231), Jul 11, 2025: Gary Weaver CCK-1865 (N817GD), Wahsatch, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inability to maintain directional control following a collision with a boulder during an off airport precautionary 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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