# NTSB ERA26LA275: Jeremy Price Smith Super CUB, N251HF, Allisonia, VA, July 19, 2026 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 19, 2026, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC) - Place: Allisonia, VA · Private Airstrip - Coordinates: 36.921032, -80.734728 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9210&lon=-80.7347&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 11, 2026 - 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): 203421 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA275 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203421/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=203421 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA275 ## Probable cause The pilot’s inadequate lookout, which resulted in a collision with ground equipment during taxi. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Jeremy Price SMITH SUPER CUB, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md?model=05641OP), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Jeremy Price SMITH SUPER CUB, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=05641OP), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he performed four practice landings at the departure airport, to confirm landing performance, then continued to a private gravel airstrip. He overflew the airstrip and observed calm wind conditions, then performed another flyover to verify the runway was clear of obstructions. While on final approach, a gust of wind resulted in a temporary increase in airspeed then a touchdown farther than planned. After landing, during a “fast-taxi maneuver” he struck ground equipment that was obscured because of the tailwheel airplane’s nose-high pitch attitude. The landing gear collapsed, then the airplane then struck another piece of equipment, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N251HF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N251HF), registered now, S/N JP001, built 2025 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: JEREMY PRICE SMITH SUPER CUB - Registry model: [Jeremy Price SMITH SUPER CUB](https://openairdocs.org/model/jeremy-price-smith-super-cub) (registry code 05641OP) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming AEIO-360-B2F](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-b2f) (registry code 41875, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: JP001 - Year built: 2025 - Airframe hours: 95.4 - Engines: Lycoming AEIO-360-B2F 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Haidar Aviation LLC - Registered owner: Haidar Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, July 16, 2026, 24.8 hours before - Departed: PSK, Dublin, VA - Destination: Same as departure - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: None, None, runway None, 800 × 30 ft, gravel - Equipment: ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 42; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 3; last flight review November 13, 2025; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 1,697.7 total, 8.8 in this make and model, 1,402.2 as pilot in command, 52.8 in the last 90 days, 23.5 in the last 30 days, 1.5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg - Observed at: HLX, 10 nm away - METAR: METAR KHLX 191735Z AUTO 27006KT 10SM SCT023 27/21 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE E AND W ## 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 20260719007899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260719007899A), Jul 19, 2026: Jeremy Price SMITH SUPER CUB, Hiwassee, VA, Substantial damage. On July 19, 2026, at 13:30, aircraft [privacy data omitted] departed kpsk for a private airstrip to the southeast. During approach, the aircraft encountered an… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 11, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=203421. 2.0 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20806690&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ERA26LA275%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photos (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 3 photos, 356 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20806700&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ERA26LA275%20Photo%20Array-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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.