- Date
- July 7, 2021, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Independence, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N536SJScott Mills CCX-2000
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20210707012739A
- Case key
- 103494
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control while landing, which resulted in a runaway excursion and subsequent ground loop.
Findings · 2
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 was landing with a light wind. Upon touchdown, the airplane veered to the left and the pilot applied right rudder control and brake, but the airplane exited the runway and ground looped. The right wing collided with the ground and sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N536SJ
- Reported as
- Scott Mills CCX-2000
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CCX-2000-0071
- Built
- 2019
- Engine
- Lycoming CC363I, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mills Scott
- Registered owner
- Mills Scott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- VUO · Pearson, WA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 7S5 · Independence State, runway 34, 3,002 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Unknown
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 19, 2021
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 774 total · 0 in this make and model · 36.8 in the last 90 days
- Role
- Pilot-rated passenger
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 25, 2020
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 294.8 total · 139.5 in this make and model · 21.3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.