# NTSB CEN12CA238: CubCrafters CC11-160, N441TC, Youngstown, OH, April 9, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 9, 2012, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Youngstown, OH
- Coordinates: 40.961666, -80.677223 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9617&lon=-80.6772&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: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 14, 2012
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 83367
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12CA238
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83367/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83367
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA238

## Probable cause

The pilot's loss of control while landing, 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: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation; cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/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: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot was landing his tailwheel-equipped airplane on a private grass strip. He stated that, after touchdown, the airplane encountered a gust of wind that caused the airplane to ground loop. During the ground loop, the airplane skidded into a tree. Postaccident examination showed that the fuselage tubing structure was bent and deformed. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions prior to the accident.

## Factual narrative

The pilot was landing his tailwheel-equipped airplane on a private grass strip. After touchdown, the airplane encountered a gust of wind, which he stated caused the airplane to ground loop. During the ground loop, the airplane skidded into a tree. Postaccident examination showed the fuselage tubing structure was bent and deformed. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions prior to the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N441TC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CubCrafters Inc CC11-160
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CC11-00203
- Airframe hours: 40
- Engines: CubCrafters CC340 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: On File
- Registered owner: On File
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: PVT, Youngstown, OH
- Destination: PVT, Youngstown, OH
- Airport: PVT, Pvt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, unknown; seat: front; flight hours: 300 total, 40 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20120409007009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120409007009A), Apr 9, 2012: Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160, Fowler, OH, Substantial damage. Upon landing in an unapproved private field, in gusty wind conditions, the airman lost directional control of the aircraft and struck a tree.

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 7, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83367. 52 KB in all.

- Record of Conversation - Pilot (item 1, .PDF, 52 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40367321&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20-%20Pilot%0D%0A-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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