- Date
- May 28, 2018, 13:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Couer D'Alene, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18JGJim Green CCX
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180528006209A
- Case key
- 97373
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind conditions.
Findings · 3
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 pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that he lost directional control upon touchdown on the runway. The airplane ground looped to the left, and the leading edge of the right wing dipped and contacted the runway. The airplane then came to rest upright. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right-wing rear spar and right aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation system located at the airport reported that, 26 minutes after the accident, the wind was from 250° at 11 knots, gusting to 17 knots. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 24.
Factual narrative
The pilot of the tail-wheeled equipped airplane reported that he lost directional control upon touchdown on runway 24. The airplane ground-looped to the left. The leading edge of the right wing dipped and contacted the runway. The airplane came to rest upright on the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right-wing rear spar and right aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation system located at the accident airport reported 26 minutes after the accident that the wind was from 250° at 11 knots, gusting 17 knots. The pilot landed on runway 24.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18JG
- Reported as
- Jim Green CCX (2000)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CCX-2000-0003
- Built
- 2017
- Airframe hours
- 76.1
- Engine
- AeroSport Power CC363i, 187 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 4, 2017
- Departed
- KAPE · Everett, WA
- Destination
- COE · Couer D'Alene, ID
- Airport
- COE · Coeur D'Alene - Pappy Boyingto, runway 24, 7,400 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Data recorder, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator
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
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 31, 2017
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 46 in this make and model · 2,400 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 11 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- KCOE
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 2, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 933 KB 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.