# Accident 20260522004489A: Cub Crafters Inc CC18-180, Littlefield, TX, May 22, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2026, 11:46 local time
- Place: Littlefield, TX
- Airport: Littlefield Taylor Brown Munic
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9285° N, 102.3849° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9285&lon=-102.3849&mi=10
- Aircraft: N472AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N472AK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cub Crafters CC18-180 (registry code 2470003, https://openairdocs.org/model/cub-crafters-cc18-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-C1G (registry code 42284, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c1g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CUB CRAFTERS INC CC18-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-C1G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260522004489A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 22, 2026, AT 1246 CDT, A CUB CRAFTER AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED WITH A PRIVATE COMPANY. NOSE OVERED ON LANDING ROLL OUT AT LITTLEFIELD TAYLOR BROWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (LIU), LITTLEFIELD, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS RT WING SPAR AREA AND TAIL SECTION. THE CERTIFICATED PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LITTLEFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LITTLEFIELD TX ON MAY 22, 2026, AT 123 CDT.

## 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 CEN26LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA195), May 22, 2026: Cub Crafters CC18-180 (N472AK), Littlefield, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive approach speed, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and nose-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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