# NTSB SEA07CA192: Cub Crafters CC11-100, N475CC, Palm Springs, CA, June 30, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 30, 2007, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Coordinates: 33.829723, -116.506668
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66104
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66104/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA192

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

The pilot was landing the tailwheel-equipped airplane on runway 31R.  During the landing, the airplane veered from the runway and groundlooped, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing.  The pilot reported about 3,000 hours total time, with 30 hours in the airplane make and model.  He stated that no mechanical malfunctions occurred to result in the loss of directional control.

## Factual narrative

The pilot was landing the tailwheel-equipped airplane on runway 31R.  During the landing, the airplane veered from the runway and groundlooped, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing.  The pilot reported about 3,000 hours total time, with 30 hours in the airplane make and model.  He stated that no mechanical malfunctions occurred to result in the loss of directional control.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N475CC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N475CC), registered now, S/N CC11-00031, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cub Crafters Inc. CC11-100
- Registry model: [Cub Crafters CC11-100](https://openairdocs.org/model/cub-crafters-cc11-100) (registry code 060002H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-200A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200a) (registry code 17404, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CC11-00031
- Engines: Teledyne Continental O-200 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Joseph D. Dennis III
- Registered owner: Kurt Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PSP, Palm Springs, CA
- Destination: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: PSP, Palm Springs Int'l Airport, runway 31R, 4,952 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 3,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 111 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 29.78 inHg
- Observed at: PSP

## 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 20070630015009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070630015009A), Jun 30, 2007: Cubcft CC11100, Palm Springs, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing at psp the aircraft veered from the runway and ground looped. Substantial damage to right wing. Pilot stated no mechanical reason for…

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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