- Date
- October 1, 2022, 12:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N917HBCubcrafters 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
- 20221001023039A
- Case key
- 106048
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing, which resulted in a 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, after performing a 3-point landing, the left wing lifted. He applied corrective aileron and rudder control inputs, but the airplane ground looped to the right, sustaining substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N917HB
- Reported as
- Cubcrafters CCX-2000 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CCX-2000-0127
- Built
- 2021
- Airframe hours
- 54.8
- Engine
- Lycoming CC363i (YIO-360-EXP12), 186 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · September 6, 2022 · 38.8 hours before
- Departed
- KRDM · Redmond, OR
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- RTS · Reno/Stead, runway 8, 7,608 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Airframe parachute, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator
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
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Last flight review
- April 10, 2022
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 501 total · 23 in this make and model · 447 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot-rated passenger
- Age
- 39
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Last flight review
- November 14, 2021
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- None
- Flight hours
- 2,571 total · 19 in this make and model · 2,499 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- KRTS
- METAR
- KRTS 011915Z AUTO VRB03G10KT 10SM CLR 18/00 A3007 RMK AO2
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 13, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N917HB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.