- Date
- March 4, 2024, 12:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Spanish Fork, UT · KSPK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N505UCUtah County Sheriff CCX-2000
- Defining event
- Landing: 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
- 20240304001249A
- Case key
- 193879
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, 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 during the landing roll, the airplane veered left and he corrected with rudder. The airplane then veered to the right, ground looped and exited the right side of the runway. The left main landing gear collapsed, and the left wing and elevator struck the surface. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left elevator. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N505UC
- Reported as
- Utah County Sheriff CCX-2000
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CCX-2000-0130
- Built
- 2021
- Airframe hours
- 200.5
- Engine
- Cub Crafters CC363i, 186 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft - local · Public use
- Operator
- Utah County Sheriff
- Registered owner
- Utah County Sheriff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · October 6, 2023
- Airport
- SPK · Spanish Fork Muni/Woodhouse Fld, runway 12, 6,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display
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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 6, 2023
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 309 total · 29 in this make and model · 224 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
- Role
- Pilot-rated passenger
- Age
- 69
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Rear
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- KPVU, 5 nm away
- METAR
- KPVU 041956Z 16007KT 10SM BKN100 02/M03 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP167 T00171033
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 29, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.6 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.