# NTSB CEN24LA008: Cubcrafters CC11-160, N211BL, Warrenton, MO, October 8, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: October 8, 2023, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Warrenton, MO · Airplane in trees alongside runway
- Coordinates: 38.781057, -91.163278
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7811&lon=-91.1633&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193219
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA008
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193219/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193219
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA008

## 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

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cubcrafters CC11-160, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=060006N), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cubcrafters CC11-160, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=060006N), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cubcrafters CC11-160, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=060006N), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Cubcrafters CC11-160, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=060006N), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N211BL), registered now, S/N CC11-00141, built 2010 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CUBCRAFTERS INC CC11-160
- Registry model: [Cubcrafters CC11-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/cubcrafters-cc11-160) (registry code 060006N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Cubcrafter CC340](https://openairdocs.org/engine/cubcrafter-cc340) (registry code 18050, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CC11-00141
- Year built: 2010
- Airframe hours: 1362
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 84; injuries: none; 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

## 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 20231008016339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231008016339A), Oct 8, 2023: Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160, Warrenton, MO, Substantial damage. The airman was planning to do a touch and go, circle around, then land. The wind was almost a direct crosswind with gusts. Upon feeling the main wheels touch…

## Docket (5 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 21, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193219. 2.1 MB in all.

- FAA record of conversation pilot (item 1, PDF, 2 pages, 896 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16855194&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Prenger%20Interview%20Record%20-%20Carpenter-Rel.pdf
- Record of conversation FAA (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 66 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17162755&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ROC%20FAA-Rel.pdf
- Photo (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 1 photo, 958 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17162765&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%201-Rel.pdf
- Crosswind calculation (item 4, PDF, 2 pages, 105 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16855898&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Crosswind-Rel.pdf
- NTSB form 6120 not returned (item 5, PDF, 1 page, 54 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17163425&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Form%206120%20not%20returned-Rel.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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