- Date
- April 20, 2017, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Leonardtown, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N749KYCub Crafters CC11 100
- Defining event
- Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20170420009169A
- Case key
- 95038
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control when he initiated a go-around.
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 private pilot, who was also the owner of the tailwheel-equipped airplane, was landing after a local flight. The pilot stated that the airplane bounced during touchdown and that he attempted a go-around, but the airplane veered to the left, which resulted in a ground loop. During the ground loop, the airplane's right wing impacted runway lighting and sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The private pilot, who was also the owner of the tailwheel-equipped airplane was landing after a local flight. The pilot stated that the airplane bounced during touchdown and he attempted a go-around, but the airplane veered to the left, resulting in a ground loop. During the ground loop, airplane's the right wing impacted runway lighting and sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N749KY
- Reported as
- Cub Crafters CC11 100 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CC11-00288
- Built
- 2013
- Airframe hours
- 154
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 16, 2016 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- VKX · Friendly, MD
- Destination
- 2W6 · Leonardtown, MD
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 2W6 · St Mary'S County Rgnl, runway 29, 4,150 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system
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
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 12, 2016
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 221 total · 102 in this make and model · 221 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- KNHK, 6 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 11, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.3 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.
Other investigations on N749KY · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.