- Date
- June 10, 2024, 20:30 local (Jun 11, 2024, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bethel, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N187CCCub Crafters CC18-180
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA - FSDO, U.S. Dept of Interior - Office of Aviation Services
- FAA report
- 20240610008699A
- Case key
- 194441
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing which resulted in a ground loop.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, while landing in a tailwheel-equipped airplane, he lost directional control after the tailwheel contacted the runway surface, resulting in a ground loop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing rear spar, left aileron, and rudder. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N187CC
- Reported as
- Cub Crafters CC18-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CC18-0060
- Built
- 2013
- Airframe hours
- 1,083.5
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360C1G, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft - federal · Public use
- Operator
- U S Department Of The Interior
- Registered owner
- U S Department Of The Interior
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 2023 · 53.7 hours before
- Departed
- ABE · Bethel, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ABE · Bethel Airport, runway 19R, 6,400 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 6, 2024
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 4,996 total · 744 in this make and model · 4,882 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.66 inHg
- Observed at
- PABE
- METAR
- PABE 110353Z 19006KT 10SM CLR 19/05 A2966 RMK AO2 SLP044 T01940050
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 28, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.4 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.