# NTSB WPR12CA322: CubCrafters CC 11-160, N622MW, Stanley, ID, July 22, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 22, 2012, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Stanley, ID
- Coordinates: 44.205001, -114.933891 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2050&lon=-114.9339&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 5, 2012
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 84426
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR12CA322
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84426/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84426
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA322

## Probable cause

The pilot’s excessive use of the brakes during the landing roll.

## Findings

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

- [Landing gear system: brake](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 297 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/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: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that as he was decelerating during the landing roll in a tailwheel-equipped airplane, the airplane started to veer to the right. The pilot applied brakes and the airplane nosed over and came to a rest inverted. The airplane’s wings and rudder sustained substantial damage during the accident sequence. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that while decelerating during the landing roll in a tailwheel equipped airplane, the airplane started to veer to the right. The pilot applied brakes and the airplane nosed over and came to a rest inverted. The airplane’s wings and rudder sustained substantial damage during the accident sequence. At the time of the accident, the nearest weather reporting station, about 3 miles south of the airport, reported wind from 050 degrees at 3 knots. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operations.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N622MW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CubCrafters CC 11-160
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 00216
- Airframe hours: 33
- Engines: CubCrafters CC-340 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, June 15, 2012, 33 hours before
- Departed: 2U7, Stanley, ID
- Destination: 2U7, Stanley, ID
- Airport: 2U7, Stanley Airport, runway 35, 4,300 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: sport pilot; last flight review July 7, 2012; seat: front; flight hours: 1,996 total, 40 in this make and model, 1,955 as pilot in command, 44 in the last 90 days, 38 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.28 inHg
- Observed at: SNT, 3 nm away

## 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 20120722016539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120722016539A), Jul 22, 2012: Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160, Stanley, ID, Substantial damage. On landing, the pilot applied the brakes and the aircraft pitched forward and flip onto it's back. Pilot exited safely.

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 4, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84426. 798 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 798 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40375611&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.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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