# NTSB WPR22LA027: Santa Fe CCX-2300, N24PK, Taos, NM, November 4, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: November 4, 2021, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Taos, NM · runway environment
- Coordinates: 36.451694, -105.67308
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4517&lon=-105.6731&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: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104209
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR22LA027
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104209/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104209
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA027

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop and impact with the ground.

## Findings

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

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause)

## Analysis

The pilot in the tail wheel equipped airplane reported that, the landing was “routine,” but he lost control during the landing roll due to “inattention” while raising the flaps. The airplane then ground looped to the left, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24PK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24PK), registered now, S/N CCX-2300-0009, built 2020 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SANTA FE AIRCRAFT LLC CCX-2300
- Registry model: [Santa Fe CCX-2300](https://openairdocs.org/model/santa-fe-ccx-2300) (registry code 05639GF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-390 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-390-series) (registry code 41678, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CCX-2300-0009
- Year built: 2020
- Airframe hours: 81
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-390 SER 210 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Santa Fe Aircraft LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, September 8, 2021, 81 hours before
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: SKX, Taos Rgnl, runway 04/22, 5,504 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 85; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: sport pilot, without waivers/limitations; last flight review September 9, 2020; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 4,252 total, 120 in this make and model, 4,252 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.25 inHg
- Observed at: KSKX
- METAR: KSKX 041956Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 14/M04 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP224 T01441039

## 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 20211104018899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211104018899A), Nov 4, 2021: Santa Fe Aircraft LLC CCX-2300, Taos, NM, Substantial damage. On November 4, 2021, at 1200 MDT, a CCX-2300 carbon cub, N24PK, [privacy data omitted] had the right wing impact the ground during landing rollout in a ground…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 9, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104209. 5.3 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12926680&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Accident photograph (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 3.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12931256&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photographs-Rel.pdf

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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