# NTSB CEN23LA343: Cub Crafters CCX-1865, N28ZV, Charleston, WV, July 28, 2023 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 28, 2023, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC) - Place: Charleston, WV - Coordinates: 38.335198, -81.740077 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3352&lon=-81.7401&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: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA-FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 192780 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN23LA343 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192780/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192780 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA343 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain direction control during the landing roll. ## 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: [Executor And Trustee Svcs CCX-1865, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05634P7), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/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: [Executor And Trustee Svcs CCX-1865, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=05634P7), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Executor And Trustee Svcs CCX-1865, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=05634P7), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Executor And Trustee Svcs CCX-1865, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=05634P7), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that during the landing roll the airplane veered left, and he was unable to correct before the airplane impacted a tree, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N28ZV](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28ZV), registered now, S/N CCX-1865-0008, built 2015 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CUB CRAFTERS CCX-1865 - Registry model: [Executor And Trustee Svcs CCX-1865](https://openairdocs.org/model/executor-and-trustee-svcs-ccx-1865) (registry code 05634P7) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Aerosport CC-340](https://openairdocs.org/engine/aerosport-cc-340) (registry code 01320, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: CCX-1865-0008 - Year built: 2015 - Airframe hours: 357.39 - Engines: Lycoming CC-340 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Triple Bee Transport LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental light sport (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, July 19, 2023 - Departed: KCRW, Charleston, WV - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: WV12, Mallory, runway 33, 1,850 × 23 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 69; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review December 12, 2021; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 14,240 total, 0 in this make and model, 13,900 as pilot in command, 44 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 250° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken - Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 75 °F - Altimeter: 30.12 inHg - Observed at: KCRW, 8 nm away - METAR: METAR KCRW 281554Z 25006KT 10SM FEW032 SCT150 BKN250 31/24 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP188 T03060239 $= ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 28, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192780. 4.0 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 3.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15972282&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ntsbcc1108082023_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo array (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 540 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15972035&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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