- Date
- April 23, 2021, 13:03 local (19:03 UTC)
- Place
- Loveland, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N220XCMobi-light CCX-2300
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: 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
- FAA report
- 20210423005229A
- Case key
- 102969
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, and the failure of both pilots to establish who was in control of the airplane.
Findings · 4
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 practicing crosswind landings in a tailwheel-equipped airplane with a flight instructor, when the airplane touched down, directional control was lost and the airplane ground-looped striking the right wing on the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot reported that he believed the flight instructor took control of the airplane during the landing. Conversely, the flight instructor reported that he believed the pilot was still in control of the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N220XC
- Reported as
- Mobi-light CCX-2300
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CCX2300_0014
- Built
- 2020
- Engine
- Lycoming IO390, 215 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anchor Roofing LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- FNL · Northern Colorado Rgnl, runway 15/33, 8,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Electronic multifunction display
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 6, 2020
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 168.9 total · 76.9 in this make and model · 83.9 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 18.4 in the last 30 days · 1.3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 932 total · 23.9 in this make and model · 101.3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.85 inHg
- Observed at
- KFNL
- METAR
- KFNL 231856Z 28009KT 10SM FEW060 BKN095 12/M04 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP091 T01221039
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 8, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.4 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.