- Date
- August 7, 2020, 13:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3737RCub Crafters Carbon CUB EX
- 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
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration; Springfield FSDO
- FAA report
- 20200807008779A
- Case key
- 101778
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain/maintain directional control during landing that resulted in a ground-loop and collision with terrain.
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 during landing in the tailwheel equipped airplane, he performed two go-arounds after each approach for landing due to the wind upsetting his landing or the landing was not going to be smooth. During the third landing attempt, the approach felt more stable and within several seconds of landing touchdown, an aggressive ground loop to the left developed. The right main landing gear collapsed, and the right wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3737R
- Reported as
- Cub Crafters Carbon CUB EX
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CCK-1865-0079
- Built
- 2016
- Airframe hours
- 199
- Engine
- Eci CC340, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pilot
- Registered owner
- Pilot
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · July 9, 2020
- Departed
- MVN · Mt Vernon, IL
- Destination
- MWA · Marion, IL
- Airport
- MWA · Veterans Airport, runway 11, 4,997 × 100 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Onboard weather, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Stall warning system
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
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 2, 2018
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 510 total · 194 in this make and model · 351 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- MWA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.