# NTSB ERA25LA125: C K ING Adventure CCX-2000, N63CK, Okeechobee, FL, February 23, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: February 23, 2025, 20:15 UTC
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Coordinates: 27.264101, -80.853795 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2641&lon=-80.8538&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- 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: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199755
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA125
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199755/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199755
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA125

## Probable cause

A separation of the left main landing gear during landing.

## Findings

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

- [Landing gear system: main landing gear attach sec](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023211): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Fatigue/wear/corrosion (probable cause); cases with it: [C K ING Adventure CCX-2000, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023211/cases.md?model=05638J1), [All aircraft, 66 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023211/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: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [C K ING Adventure CCX-2000, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=05638J1), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [C K ING Adventure CCX-2000, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=05638J1), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane stated he was intentionally landing on the grass beside the paved runway. During landing, the left main landing gear collapsed and folded under the fuselage. The underside of the fuselage and left wing were substantially damaged during the accident sequence. Postaccident examination of the landing gear revealed that the left main landing gear tube structure displayed fracture features consistent with corrosion-induced stress cracking near where the tube connected to the fuselage.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63CK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63CK), registered now, S/N CCX-2000-0120 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: C K ING ADVENTURE LLC CCX-2000
- Registry model: [C K ING Adventure CCX-2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/c-k-ing-adventure-ccx-2000) (registry code 05638J1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CCX-2000-0120
- Year built: 2021
- Airframe hours: 129
- Engines: Lycoming CC363I 186 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 2024
- Airport: OBE, Okeechobee County, runway 05, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 79; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review February 8, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 4,873 total, 57 in this make and model, 4,873 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.08 inHg
- Observed at: OBE
- METAR: KOBE 232015Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM BKN050 BKN070 26/13 A3008 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 20250223001679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250223001679A), Feb 23, 2025: C K Ing Adventure LLC CCX-2000, Okeechobee, FL, Substantial damage. At approximately 1615 on 02/23/2025, the accident aircraft was attempting a grass landing between runway 05 and the parallel taxiway. The aircraft touched down…

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 9, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199755. 7.6 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 3.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18410542&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 104 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18410865&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MEMORANDUM%20FOR%20RECORD-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for the record - extract from FAA mco inspector holland statement (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 112 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18411071&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MEMORANDUM%20FOR%20RECORD-FAA%20Statement%20and%20examination-Rel.pdf
- Investigation photographs (item 4, PDF, 7 pages, 4.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18427481&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs-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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