- Date
- October 8, 2023, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Warrenton, MO · Airplane in trees alongside runway
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N211BLCubcrafters CC11-160
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control in flight
- 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
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20231008016339A
- Case key
- 193219
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 the touch-and-go landing. Contributing was the pilot’s decision to land with a quartering tailwind.
Findings · 1
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 was performing a touch and go landing in a tailwheel-equipped airplane. As he added power after the landing, he experienced what he assumed was a gust of wind from the right side. The airplane’s right wing lifted, and it veered left into the trees impacting several. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. When asked if there were any issues with the airplane which might have contributed to the accident, the pilot said there were none. The airplane was landing and taking off from runway 9 with wind from 220° at 9 knots gusting to 14 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N211BL
- Reported as
- Cubcrafters CC11-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CC11-00141
- Built
- 2010
- Airframe hours
- 1,362
- Engine
- Titan CC340, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Red Cub Flying Club LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 1H0 · St. Louis, MO
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- MU18 · Stark, runway 09, 1,900 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 84
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- BasicMed
- Last flight review
- May 7, 2022
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 5,230 total · 298 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 9 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.91 inHg
- Observed at
- KFYG, 14 nm away
- METAR
- KFYG 081835Z AUTO 22009G14KT 10SM CLR 20/04 A2991 RMK AO2
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 21, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 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.