# NTSB CEN24LA374: Cub Crafters CCX-2000, N822TL, Kremmling, CO, September 19, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: September 19, 2024, 10:03 local (16:03 UTC) - Place: Kremmling, CO · Airport - Coordinates: 40.055237, -106.37493 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0552&lon=-106.3749&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - 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 - Denver FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 195222 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA374 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195222/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195222 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA374 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during an aborted landing. ## 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: [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [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-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was conducting a three-point landing in his tailwheel-equipped airplane when it began drifting left of the runway centerline after touchdown. The pilot decided to abort the landing by moving the throttle to full engine power. However, with the additional left-turning-tendencies associated with the engine at takeoff power, the pilot was unable to maintain directional control and the airplane departed off the left side of the runway and into a drainage swale. The airplane became briefly airborne below normal rotation airspeed as it ascended from the opposite side of the drainage swale, after which the airplane pitched down and impacted the ground nose first. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and engine mounts. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions with the airplane and postulated that the accident might have been avoided had he continued with the full-stop landing (instead of aborting the landing). ## Aircraft - Registration: N822TL (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: CUB CRAFTERS CCX-2000 - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: CCX-2000-0191 - Year built: 2024 - Airframe hours: 26 - Engines: Carbon Cub CC363i 186 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: River Bay Aviation Cub, LLC - Registered owner: River Bay Aviation Cub, LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, May 24, 2024, 26 hours before - Departed: SBS, Steamboat Springs, CO - Destination: 20V, Kremmling, CO - Airport: 20V, Mc Elroy Airfield, runway 09, 5,540 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B, Electronic multifunction display, Stall warning system, Onboard weather ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 63; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 1, 2024; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 1,728 total, 15 in this make and model, 1,558 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 30 °F - Altimeter: 30.27 inHg - Observed at: 20V - METAR: METAR K20V 191555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/M01 A3027 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 20240919014359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240919014359A), Sep 19, 2024: River Bay Aviation Cub LLC CCX-2000, Kremmling, CO, Substantial damage. At approximately 10:00 MDT, after performing approximately 6-7 touch and go landings, the pilot entered a normal approach to perform a full-stop three-point… ## Docket (5 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 21, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195222. 5.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 3.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18146717&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=01%20-%20NTSB%206120_1_Redacted-Rel.pdf - NTSB record of conversation (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 81 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18146021&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=02%20-%20NTSB%20Record%20of%20Conversation-Rel.pdf - Pilot flight experience summary (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 55 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18146613&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=03%20-%20Pilot%20Flight%20Experience%20Summary-Rel.pdf - Meteorological data (item 4, PDF, 2 pages, 92 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18146153&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=04%20-%20Meteorological%20Data-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 5, PDF, 6 pages, 5 photos, 2.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18146727&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=05%20-%20Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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