# NTSB ANC25LA104: Jeremy Price Smith Super CUB, N9930D, Chisana, AK, September 8, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: September 8, 2025, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC) - Place: Chisana, AK - Coordinates: 62.216667, -142.66666 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.2167&lon=-142.6667&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 21, 2026 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 200994 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA104 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200994/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200994 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA104 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was departing from a remote strip in his tailwheel-equipped airplane. He reported that, during the takeoff roll, the airplane encountered a strong crosswind from the left. The airplane veered to the right, and the pilot attempted to correct with opposite rudder and aileron; however, the airplane departed the right side of the runway and impacted a rut in the river, which collapsed the left main landing gear; the left wing subsequently struck the ground, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: N9930D (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: JEREMY PRICE SMITH SUPER CUB - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: JP001 - Year built: 2025 - Airframe hours: 53 - Engines: Lycoming AE10-360-B2F 185 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, April 28, 2025 - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: NONE - Equipment: Electronic primary flight display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 34; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; last flight review September 1, 2025; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 2,420 total, 53 in this make and model, 2,420 as pilot in command, 130 in the last 90 days, 40 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 150° at 14 knots, gusting 21 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 29.85 inHg - Observed at: PAGK, 86 nm away - METAR: PAGK 081953Z AUTO 15014G21KT 10SM CLR 12/08 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP112 T01170078 TSNO $ ## 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 20250908012699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250908012699A), Sep 8, 2025: Jeremy Price SMITH SUPER CUB, Chisana, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot reported normal pre-flight checks, including satisfactory engine performance. Winds out of the north at an estimated 5-8KTS. On takeoff roll approx.… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 22, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200994. 4.7 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 3.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19340018&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA104%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 965 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19340897&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs-Rel.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. 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