# NTSB WPR22LA122: Raviraj Mohil CCX-2000, N97WG, The Dalles, OR, March 11, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: March 11, 2022, 13:40 local (21:40 UTC) - Place: The Dalles, OR - Coordinates: 45.62, -121.17 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6200&lon=-121.1700&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: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 104778 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR22LA122 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104778/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104778 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA122 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop. ## 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: [Raviraj Mohil CCX-2000, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05640NS), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Raviraj Mohil CCX-2000, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=05640NS), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/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: [Raviraj Mohil CCX-2000, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=05640NS), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during the landing roll, as the tailwheel touched down, airplane veered to the right and ground looped. The left wing and aileron were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N97WG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97WG), registered now, S/N CCX-2000-0134, built 2021 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: RAVIRAJ MOHIL CCX-2000 - Registry model: [Raviraj Mohil CCX-2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/raviraj-mohil-ccx-2000) (registry code 05640NS) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming CC363I](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-cc363i) (registry code 41465, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: CCX-2000-0134 - Year built: 2021 - Airframe hours: 25 - Engines: Lycoming 363-I reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: KHRI, Hermiston, OR - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: KDLS, Columbia Gorge Regional, runway 31, 5,097 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, Auto-pilot ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 50; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review January 4, 2021; seat: center; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 440 total, 26.1 in the last 90 days, 13.2 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 28 °F - Altimeter: 30.24 inHg - Observed at: KDLS - METAR: KDLS 112153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/M02 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP239 T01501022 ## 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 20220311003149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220311003149A), Mar 11, 2022: Raviraj Mohil CCX-2000, Dallesport, WA, Substantial damage. N97WG, a CCX-2000 experimental amateur built aircraft was landing on runway 31 at the dalles airport (dls). The pilot touched down and when the tail wheel… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 22, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104778. 4.1 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 8 pages, 3.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14260526&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR22LA122%20Pilot%20Report_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Damage photo (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 596 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14279409&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=N97WG%20photos%20pdf-Rel.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. 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