- Date
- February 26, 2022, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Monument, OR · Open field
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9013FGregory S Miller GM CUB
- Defining event
- Takeoff: 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
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20220226003619A
- Case key
- 104706
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in an impact with a tree.
Findings · 3
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, prior to takeoff, he had the airplane positioned perpendicular to the direction of takeoff. During takeoff, when he added power and attempted to turn and align the airplane with the runway, he lost directional control. Subsequently, the airplane ground looped and struck a tree with the right wing, which resulted in substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9013F
- Reported as
- Gregory S Miller GM CUB (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JA1805121
- Built
- 2020
- Airframe hours
- 140
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · August 1, 2021
- Departed
- Monument, OR
- Destination
- TTD · Portland, OR
- Airport
- Private strip, runway 28, 600 × 75 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, ADS-B
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 18, 2021
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 3,805 total · 1,105 in this make and model · 3,755 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.30 inHg
- Observed at
- KGCD, 36 nm away
- METAR
- KGCD 262055Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM CLR 04/M08 A3030 RMK A02 T00351081
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.