# NTSB ANC20CA062: Cub Crafters CCK-1865, N153CC, Juneau, AK, June 28, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 28, 2020, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Coordinates: 58.141387, -134.37722 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.1414&lon=-134.3772&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101511
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC20CA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101511/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101511
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA062

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout, which resulted in a ground loop.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Orchard Richard CCK-1865, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=056283G), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Orchard Richard CCK-1865, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=056283G), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Orchard Richard CCK-1865, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=056283G), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he was landing on a tidal beach in his tailwheel-equipped airplane. After touchdown, and during the landing rollout, the airplane veered to the right and the left main landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and left elevator. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operations. In the recommendation section of the NTSB Accident/Incident Reporting Form 6120.1, the pilot stated that the accident may have been prevented if he had been more proficient in tailwheel-equipped airplanes.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N153CC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N153CC), registered now, S/N CCK-1865-0006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cub Crafters CCK-1865 (Undesignat)
- Registry model: [Orchard Richard CCK-1865](https://openairdocs.org/model/orchard-richard-cck-1865) (registry code 056283G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: CCK-1865-0006
- Year built: 2009
- Airframe hours: 735
- Engines: ECI O-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, January 16, 2020
- Departed: Juneau, AK
- Destination: Juneau, AK
- Equipment: Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review February 22, 2019; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 521.7 total, 33 in this make and model, 521.7 as pilot in command, 34 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 17,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 52 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20200628008969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200628008969A), Jun 28, 2020: Orchard Richard CCK-1865, Juneau, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot departed pajn at 2:18 pm for flight for pleasure. After flying for about 30 minutes pilot intended to land on a beach on admiralty island. After An…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 10, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101511. 3.9 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40486805&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Photos (item 2, .PDF, 363 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40486806&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photos-Master.PDF

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.

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