# NTSB WPR21LA035: Carbon Cub, N3841D, Camano, WA, November 2, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: November 2, 2020, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Camano, WA
- Coordinates: 48.253204, -122.41872 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2532&lon=-122.4187&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102226
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR21LA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102226/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA035

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall while maneuvering to final approach.

## Findings

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

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Tarasievich Daniel R CARBON CUB, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05635ZO), [All aircraft, 9,308 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: angle of attack](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Tarasievich Daniel R CARBON CUB, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042/cases.md?model=05635ZO), [All aircraft, 991 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Tarasievich Daniel R CARBON CUB, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=05635ZO), [All aircraft, 1,682 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) (defining event); cases with it: [Tarasievich Daniel R CARBON CUB, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md?model=05635ZO), [All aircraft, 1,530 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The private pilot reported that, while maneuvering to final approach to a private grass airstrip, the left wing stalled, dropped, and then impacted an elevated dike. The left wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3841D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3841D-2026-08-27), registration cancelled 2026-08-27, S/N CCK-1865-1013 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Carbon Cub (NO SERIES)
- Registry model: [Tarasievich Daniel R CARBON CUB](https://openairdocs.org/model/tarasievich-daniel-r-carbon-cub) (registry code 05635ZO) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Aerosport CC-340](https://openairdocs.org/engine/aerosport-cc-340) (registry code 01320, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: CCK-1865-1013
- Year built: 2017
- Airframe hours: 495
- Engines: ECI/CMI CC 340 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, May 28, 2020
- Departed: AWO, Arlington, WA
- Airport: Price Airstrip (Private)
- Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 29, 2020; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 1,375 total, 495 in this make and model, 1,300 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.02 inHg
- Observed at: AWO, 4 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 20201102013969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201102013969A), Nov 2, 2020: Tarasievich Daniel R CARBON CUB, Camano, WA, Substantial damage. Aircraft was attempting landing at a private airstrip and stalled after an unstabilized approach.

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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